# Productive procrastination

The task at hand that we want to avoid, gives us the reason to search for some alternative task. For example,

### In office

* Clean my desk (1 hour)
* Keep paperwork in organized (10 mins)
* Fill papers in the printer (5 mins)
* Take a coffee (5 mins)
* Catch up with a colleague what they are working on (10-30 mins)
* Help my colleagues with books, calculations, tips etc. (5 mins)
* Document my work. Write down the procedure for doing something (1-3 hours)
* Take a walk outside (30 mins)
* Learn some advanced skill related to work (Excel, AutoCAD, Word etc.) (1-4 hours)
* Upgrade old worksheets and clean any unused sheets or names (1-4 hours)
* Meet people from other departments to know what they are on (20 mins)
* Browse HBR for emotional intelligence and workplace productivity (Lunch break)
* See any interesting examples of work (during low moods)
* Request colleagues for consistency in the design calculations and presentation (when no work or deadline is no where near)
* Take a print of a paper from a complex article or book and post it on my desk wall (When feeling lucky!)

### In Home

* Start working instead of washing clothes
* Start working instead of cooking food
* Cleaning room instead of working on an interesting idea or completing drawings
* Watch movies instead of sticking to the computer
* Walking instead of working for I was watching movies online
* Fantasizing instead of working on concrete thoughts on requited love charm