You know that you have an important assignment to complete by the end of the week, but you put off starting it on Monday because you want to get everything else out of the way first. In addition, you want a clean slate so that you can concentrate and do a perfect job. Suddenly on Thursday, you realize you can’t possibly finish the assignment by the next day. You’ve procrastinated all week. What steps could you have taken to avoid procrastinating and thus complete the assignment on schedule?