Delaying professional work of an important nature by doing other more mundane, yet professional work. Other forms of the word include profastination, profastinate.
I really didn't want to start that report, so I profastinated by checking my email and organizing my desk.
The act of putting off getting gas for your vehicle or waiting for the price of gas to go down only to find out when you do go to get gas the price has risen.
I should of got gas this morning before I went to work.I progastinated and the price jumped .50 cents after work.