Not everyone is like this. Some people are naturally linear and methodical, great at balancing tasks and always using time wisely. I wouldn't be me if I were like that. I circle around a task for a long time, gathering understanding, then I throw myself into the task, building up full steam and focus during the intense final stages. I love this. It's the way the Lord made me; it also tends to work out well. But I still need to learn not to procrastinate, because I would like to know what it's like to sometimes have evenings and weekends guiltlessly doing extracurricular things.
The other day as I was walking upstairs to finish a huge project I was way behind on, I opened the new issue of a monthly devotional I subscribe to. It "just happened" to fall open to a message about work; it said work was a spiritual act between us and the Lord. This wasn't totally new to me intellectually, but the Lord had prepared my heart to hear it, which is why I'd "just happened" to flip to that page.
For perhaps the first time, I approached my work as truly a way of worshiping the Lord -- working together with Him and enjoying the process. Not feeling as though I should be off doing something else, something more "spiritual." That's a demobilizing guilt trip.
No, I was exactly where He wanted me, and He was enjoying doing the work with me and through me. Slugging away has taken on a new perspective for me, because now it's "ours."