Many of us may recognize that we often procrastinate but cannot identify the reasons behind our behavior.   Often these behaviors can hinder employability Time well spent addresses the reasons we procrastinate and helps clients develop strategies to combat procrastination and increase productivity.  I offered Time well Spent :Productivity vs Procrastination as a Community Christmas Class.  Community Christmas Classes are a requirement for families who receive Christmas help from the community.  One of the participants was a newly widowed woman who was raising two of her deceased husband's grandchildren.    At the beginning, each participants shared something they had been procrastinating on finishing.  This client shared that she had bought paint to pain her kitchen but she had it for months and had not even started.   She really wanted to paint her kitchen to help her grandkids feel they were living in a friendlier home, explaining that the kitchen was dreary and had several patches in the wall.   However, she could not motivate herself to get started  and was not sure why. While we were talking about the different reasons for procrastination we started talking about emotional procrastination.   She stated that her late husband had helped her pick out the paint and they had planned on making it a weekend project for them to do together.  She then reflected that she felt that is why she was putting it off, because it was acknowledging that he would never be there to do it with her.   At the end of class she said she was going to get the kitchen painted not only for her grandkids but also for herself and her late husband and so that the money he had spent on the paint wouldn't go to waste.     Three weeks later she came to a positive employability class with pictures of her newly painted kitchen.   She stated that not only did the class help her tackle her procrastination but it also helped her to work through some of her grief.  She now has plans to paint her living room too!