One of the reasons why we procrastinate is disorganization. When we know where things are, have a plan, and are motivated, we do not want to procrastinate. There are a number of ways to make teaching life easy and simple if we can come up with SIMPLE strategies that will allow us to complete important routine tasks (grading papers, preparing grade rosters, creating tests, etc.) in no time to get them out of the way so we can work on other important things like continuing education, professional development--like MAX KNOWLEDGE--or just enjoy free time. By creating reusable templates for everything, we are taking out a big chunk of the same work for the next time we have to prepare same. Teaching students time-management and sticking to deadlines are very important, too. By allowing ourselves to wait for students after the deadline date, not only are we encouraging laziness, we are also giving ourselves an excuse to put things off, whether or not we want to. It is a very good feeling to realize the rewards of having time for ourselves; but when we procrastinate, we just punish ourselves unnecessarily.