21 ways to stop procrastinating right now

It's easy to tell ourselves we'll get to something "later." It's especially tempting to put off important tasks when we've got things like Instagram and Netflix at our fingertips.

But procrastinating can be costly, especially at work.

To stop, you'll first need to understand the causes and temptations of procrastination. Then you'll want to follow these 21 steps:

Vivian Giang contributed to a previous version of this article.