If you’re an active procrastinator — you do your best work with the clock ticking down to the final seconds as you finish a job — procrastination may not be a problem.

But if you’re a passive procrastinator — chronically postponing tasks and becoming indecisive, anxious or guilty — you may want to work on modifying that habit.

TechRepublic Premium presents a few strategies for keeping yourself from sinking into the procrastination abyss.

From the guide:

3: Break the work into manageable pieces

One of the most common reasons for putting off a task is that it’s just too big. And one equally common — and practical — tip is to break the job into pieces. The key is to focus on each piece as a discrete task. Because if you keep looking up from the work in front of you at the monolithic project, it’s going to take the wind out of your sails.

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