Both those ideas appear is some form in David Allen&#x27;s GTD (Getting Things Done). I&#x27;m not a particularly big fan overall--I don&#x27;t much care for systems. But some of his individual ideas include:<p>- the idea that, if you can do something in 5 minutes or so, just do it rather than keep putting it on to do lists.<p>- breaking down complex projects into discrete small concrete tasks.<p>Both are good ideas which do help me.<p>One thing about procrastination that often seems to be overlooked though is procrastinating about things that really do need to get done sooner or later (If I don&#x27;t do the expense report, no one else is going to do it for me.) versus procrastinating about doing some project or making some plans because there&#x27;s a voice questioning whether you really need to or want to do this project at all.<p>Now, I suppose in the latter case, a hyper-organized person would create an action item to &quot;get more information&quot; or something along those lines. But sometimes letting ideas just sit and percolate in a future projects queue works OK too.