Things I do when I am putting off doing something I need to do (right now that something is working on a difficult passage in my novel in progress):

Write blog posts like this one

Housework

Research large parcels of land to buy

Read novels

Read political articles

Play Words With Friends

Make lists of things I need to remember

Check on the status of outstanding submissions and update my submissions tracker accordingly

Snack

Things I should do instead:

Exercise

Call my Aunt Carol

Go for a walk in the woods

Work on that scene in my damn novel