Unstructured Time

I have created some blocks of time in my week to get some big projects started (and hopefully done) by giving up some recurring obligations. Unfortunately, unstructured time means I get nothing done. I move piles of paper around the house, do email, listen to the radio, procrastinate, think of places I should go but don't, make a periodic phone call, and generally just enjoy being at home, looking at the desert and all the wonderful birds enjoying my new feeder with Spanish peanuts and dried papaya. If I don't get my errands run early in the morning, they just don't happen. Part of the problem is that the projects have a deadline that is not pressing, and deadlines are a huge motivator for me.