India, April 17 -- Shakespeare's Macbeth famously resorted to procrastination, wrestling with his conscience before eventually overcoming his hesitation. Hamlet, too, found endless excuses to delay, transforming a straightforward revenge plot into a profound existential drama. If these stalwart heroes are infamous for their dawdling, it is little wonder that all of us have a wee bit of the Prince of Denmark or the Thane of Glamis residing in our persona. We keep postponing chores, accumulating a mountain of backlog simply because the task at hand fails to pique our interest.

Often, it isn't a lack of time management but the sheer boredom associated with the job that stops us in our tracks. We prioritise our immediate mood over long-term ...