How to Turn Procrastination into Productivity

It's human nature to procrastinate. We're hard-wired to put off doing tasks we dread doing -- even when we know there'll be hell to pay for not getting them done.

Former Lifehacker editor Gina Trapani says that rather than letting procrastination drag you into a self-fulfilling spiral of inactivity, you should simply refocus on faster, easier, more manageable tasks.

In other words, procrastinate productively. This short, often-amusing video explains how:

This reminds me of our old post on what to do during an Internet outage: It's all about putting your time to good use when there's something else you should or could be doing.

And I'm proud to say I've long been a productive procrastinator, even though I never labeled it as such. Why, just today I straightened up my desk when I should have been writing this post. But obviously it got done eventually, and that's the whole point.

What about you? Do you use your procrastination time wisely? Or have you found a way to banish procrastination altogether? Share your secrets in the comments.