Productive Procrastination

The past few weeks, it feels like procrastination is everywhere. It might just be the frequency illusion — but it’s on my mind, so I need to write about it. Not too long ago, I finished a video on my channel, a couple of days after filming. Even though my regular schedule would require me to upload videos from an older trip, I disguised the video as a special to work on it close to the trip and just upload it. And I loved it. It was productive. A new video got published. It felt good. It just wasn’t the one thing I absolutely have to do : finish my older videos. It would be great to have those videos finished. I enjoy working on them. It’s a thing I love. Yet I avoid it. If I can understand the answer to these questions: Why is it more fun to work on a new project than one that’s been around? Why do we avoid the work we actually have to do? I might be able to figure out a way to solve my procrastination issue. The productivity matrix Casey Neistat, one of my favourite YouTubers, recently made a video about this . We all know we should be doing X but we do Y , to feel productive. He mentions a productivity matrix representing four different categories. Hover or tap the categories to see his activities that match the category. The categories are really Casey-style, descriptive and casual, but he makes a valid point here. We should all have our items falling into each of these categories. It happens to me too — video games, TV shows or administration, to avoid the thing I should…