The law of procrastination: When one task needs completing, other less significant and meaningful tasks arise preventing one from completing the original task in hand.
I have a presentation on Tuesday. So far all that has been done for it is re-finding a few photos that I already had on my laptop from my previous presentation on the subject. Yet so far today I have messaged some of my friends, put the washing out, checked my e-bay account, checked my e-mails, checked my other e-mail account, directed a man who was lost, given my room a quick tidy, washed up, tried to do some budgeting for my summer...the list continues.
This is a prime example of the law of procrastination.