Should You Procrastinate?

Imagine a world in which you only did that which came naturally to you. Every time you had an urge to procrastinate you took it as a sign that you should do something else. Nassim Taleb writes in defense of procrastination:

Nassim Taleb, Antifragile

I understand that this line of thinking makes sense for artists and creatives, but isn’t some amount of life “drudge work”? Aren’t there tasks that have to get done even as we ourselves would rather not do them? Don’t we enjoy a sense of accomplishment when we have completed onerous tasks?

If so, then how do you distinguish between positive procrastination and petulance?

Taleb’s point is that refraining from action can often produce better outcomes than unnecessary intervention?

How do you identify which interventions are unnecessary and which ones painful, but necessary?

Does your wellbeing and productivity improve if you treat procrastination as a sign that there is something wrong, not with you, but with your environment?