How to Stop Procrastinating: a simple Guide to Mastering Difficult Tasks and Breaking the Procrastination Habit

Practice #2: Do a 5- to 10-Minute Daily Review
A simple way to fight procrastination is with a 5- to 10-minute review

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session. The idea here is to spend a few minutes going over the day’s
priorities and identifying the tasks that will have the strongest influence
on your immediate goals. You should ask yourself these key questions
during the review session:
What appointments and meetings require me to be somewhere at a
set time?
Are there any emergency emails that need to be immediately
addressed?
What specific tasks, which relate to the batches or blocks of time
that I’ve scheduled for the day, can I complete?
Is there an appointment or activity that could take longer than
expected? How will this change my schedule if it does spill over into
another task’s time?
What are the 80/20 tasks that will have the biggest impact on my
long-term success?
How does each task relate to my quarterly S.M.A.R.T. goals?
What is the hardest, most challenging task that I’m dreading?
This quick review session is critical because it provides structure for each
day. When you constantly remind yourself which tasks are important, it’ll
be hard to put them off because you will recognize that your inaction will
negatively affect your immediate goals.