It's now the second half of summer. Many of us are already back from vacations and the idea that we won't take another vacation until Christmas drains all our energy away. The well-known tendency to postpone difficult or tedious tasks until later appears. Although we look busy, we are in fact avoiding tasks that are much more important than the activities we are trying to camouflage our procrastination with. Why do we do it and how can we get out of the vicious circle of procrastination?