Do we believe that for some people, 24 hours is not enough? And yet, those people are likely not to get more adjusted, even if the hours in a day were increased. This could be a result of an overly tight schedule, which we may not be able to blame the individual for. Let's take an example: a personal assistant to a politician or very important personality practically has the life of another to cater for, disregarding his own schedule. Quitting such a job when there is no alternative would only mean taking away his means of livelihood. Such individuals and the like are stuck with such a schedule. Probably they have few procrastinations as a result of an already designed or planned pattern of life. Nonetheless, having an overly tight schedule would likely tilt an individual to constantly shift or postpone an event that may not eventually see fulfillment.
And we have the category of people who do not have a tight schedule but find it lazy to carry out tasks. This is not necessarily when it requires a major task. Sometimes, it could be as little as getting late to work because one would not just stand up early from bed despite being awake. Here, I am guilty, despite having my workplace a stone's throw away. The convenience of proximity and maybe nonchalance often gives me the delusions of reaching work early or meeting up with the sign in time. For this category of people, they have the whole time to carry out any task and would rather do that at their convenience. They are likely to forget about the event or do it shabby. Having a will to task is a great drive to overcome procrastination.
Of course, when a life is well planned, it is likely to get tasks done at the right time and also have the work done neatly. However, emergencies pop up, and this may require a choice between the regulars and convenience. A life should be well planned so that there are accommodations for emergencies or events that are not routine. In addition, one must not be too rigid to disrupt one's daily plans to accommodate such emergencies.
Our waking alarms may be a typical example of setting constant reminders; we either grudgingly stand up or fling the alarm somewhere far away. One secret is this: let your alarm ringing tone be annoyingly loud and set it at a good distance from your reach, which would likely necessitate you to stand up from your convenience and have the alarm switched off, invariably meeting up with good timing.
Or one could just do tasks as they pop up rather than procrastinate. This may require jumping from one task to another and can lead to a half-baked outcome in previously conducted tasks, or the new tasks could be lined up in respect to relevance.
You are likely to miss out on opportunities when you procrastinate, and this could be a drawback to fulfillment, oftentimes bearing with it guilt and regrets. The losses of procrastination could be massive or as little as making one disorganized in carrying out tasks.
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