It is easy to fall prey to procrastiworking, writes Amanda McKinney. She describes procrastiworking as when you’re doing something that could be considered work, so you feel justified in taking the action, but it’s not the thing you need to be doing.
In other words, it is procrastinating by doing other work or misdirecting your energy on easier things, emails or scrolling social media for work-related information or connections.
. . . procrastiworking is sneaky and often undetected.”
Source: Fast Company, May 12, 2023. Link.
Also see: Try these strategies to beat procrastiworking and really get stuff done, Fast Company, June 4, 2023. Link. If we aren’t careful, other people’s tasks will overtake our day. That’s how we end up feeling like we were busy all day but don’t feel productive.”