If you are an orderly procrastinator, then you have in your head, maybe even on paper somewhere, a to-do list that you need to do in the coming days, weeks, months, and maybe years. The first item on this list should be a priority task, which for one reason or another is actually not so urgent - which will motivate you to complete other, less important tasks. This is what I call the priority list. This is a long-term list: the tasks listed in it, you will perform all day, or a week, or a month, or even your whole life, if the first thing on the list is “to learn Chinese”.
John Perry "The Art of Procrastination"