Sometimes when people procrastinate, they do unimportant tasks before the important ones.

The statement "Sometimes when people procrastinate, they do unimportant tasks before the important ones," is true.

Procrastination is defined as the avoidance of doing a task that needs to be accomplished by a certain deadline. Numerous forms of procrastination including academic/non academic or behavioural/ indecisive) have their own underlying causes and effects. It is considered as a negative trait because of its hindering effect on one's productivity and tends to be associated with depression, low self-esteem, guilt and inadequacy.