All professional and domestic responsibilities aside, -- waiting to RSVP at last minute and finishing a report night before its due date --- there are different degrees of procrastination. In general, procrastinators fall under two classifications:

 Procrastinator Simplex  Chronic Procrastinator

The first type of procrastination, simplex depicts putting off those chores and grueling tasks that we abhor doing. Let us use cleaning out attic as a good example. Since organization of an attic is normally not a life or death situation, this type of procrastination is deemed as ‘acceptable’ or normal.

Example of extreme scenario of procrastination:

Three weeks ago, Mr. Bibble noticed a slow leak in his right front tire. The tires came with purchase of automobile-- 13 years old. The treads were so worn it appeared as though thread was poking out of each tire. Today, Mr. Bibble had a blow-out.

‘Unacceptable’ types of procrastination can cause harm or place one’s life in jeopardy. As seen in example of Mr. Bibble, by putting off replacement of a tire, he placed his life in danger. As a result, chronic procrastination can be tantamount to being a sloth.

In world of procrastination, where do you fall in classification? Answer following statements O (often) – S (sometimes) R (rarely) that best describe you:

Every so often, every successful person sits down to evaluate direction his/her life is taking and decide where they want their life to go next.

We all know how important it is to have goals. We hear from every expert on self-improvement and success that those with clearly defined goals achieve at least 7 times more than those without goals.

If you're like me, you've followed along with one of these success speakers to outline a series of goals that will motivate you to work hard and become greater than you've ever been in your life.

But have those goals truly motivated you? Did you reach pinnacle of success? Did you make that million dollars, get that fancy sports car, or marry fashion model of your dreams? Or if you were more realistic, did you get that raise, improve your current relationship, or attain a measure of self-confidence?

There's certainly nothing wrong with setting goals. In fact I agree with motivational speakers in that goals are imperative if you are truly committed to creating kind of life you want.

But that's real secret. What kind of life do YOU want?

We've been programmed since birth that everyone wants money, good health, and ultimate relationship. Guys are programmed to want fancy sports cars and beautiful women. Women are programmed to want a happy household and a successful career at same time.

What I'd like to do now is to give you some questions to ask yourself to find out what you really want out of life so you can set your own goals, not someone else's.

The first set of questions to ask yourself are: What in your life irritates you? What makes you feel less than satisfied? What would you like to get rid of if you could?

Although most of us have been programmed to believe that certain things will make us happy, few of us have been programmed to believe that other things will make us unhappy. If you know what makes you unhappy, you have a good idea of what will really make you happy.

Now, ask yourself these questions: How would you like to spend your free time? If you were given a full month to do anything you'd like to do, where would you go? If you were told that you would die in six months, what would you do with time you had left to live?

That last question especially gets to heart of matter. Most people would very quickly dismiss all of programming society has fed them if they thought they were going to die in six months.

Now, using that concept for just another moment, is there anything you'd like to accomplish to leave your mark on world before you go?

This question starts to activate a part of your brain that normally stays quiet, thinking that there will always be time enough to do important things in life. We all like to think so, but no-one really knows for sure.

Is there something that you could do to make this world a better place? Are there people that you could help in some way? Is there something you could do that would be remembered a hundred years from now?

Don't worry if answer to that last question is 'no'. Not everyone is destined for greatness, and maybe you just aren't cut out to be a legend. There's no shame in just being a cog in machine.

But if you think that there may be something you could do that would impact world greatly, don't let modesty stand in your way either!