procrastination

Most of us have pieces of ourselves that we are constantly trying to improve.  One of my pieces has to do with procrastinating.  I am a procrastinator.  There, I said it.  I confessed it in public.  The question now is what am I going to do about it?  Since my word for the year is commitment, I suppose it includes committing to changing bad habits.  Over the years my procrastination has cost me money, time and strained more than one relationship. It makes life harder, but I persist.  Stubbornness and persistence apparently are in my toolkit too. Those I will save for another bout of self examination.
  I have spent time thinking about why I procrastinate.  Partly, it has to do with the whole theory "If I ignore it, it will go away."  While that theory sounds good, experience has taught me it doesn't work.  Usually it just compounds the issue.  You would think that I would learn.  However, I continue to live in the state called Denial.  
  Another reason I procrastinate has to do with being overwhelmed.  I am a single woman who owns a house, a car and two dogs and works full time. All of the above require time, paper work, attention and money at some point.  When all of them require all of those things at the same time, I tend to behave like a two year old.  I simply stop.  I don't sit in the middle the floor and wail like a toddler, I take to bed or sofa with a book or a good dose of trashy TV.  Usually this behaviour lasts for only a few hours until I regain control.  Unfortunately, in one case it lasted a whole weekend, but that was a long time ago. 
  This week I have taken steps to break the cycle of procrastination.  For the first time in my life, I met with a financial planner.  The week before I saw the doctor about some issues I had been avoiding.  Two points to me.  The downside is the financial planner wants three forms I can't find.  The doctor wants blood tests and I hate needles.  Tackling one task seems to lead to  adding three tasks to my to do list.  Those odds don't encourage me to stop my avoidance tactics.
  My word for the year is commitment, so I am committed to getting my life in order.  Procrastination is being addressed. I am writing daily.  Vegetables and I are getting reacquainted.  Planning for my  financial future is underway.  My health is starting to take some of my attention.  All in all, not a bad start for one month into the new year.
   As I continue this journey, does anyone have any suggestions about how to keep from procrastinating?  I can always use some help!
   Best wishes for your journey!