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.