@lcl44
I feel your pain - my husband has always been a procrastinator (to my frustration), but he is talented and would eventually get the job done sooner or later. Now, in his mid-80's, with moderate dementia, he realizes he can't do it all. His last attempt was replacing a valve in the kitchen sink - after a few fruitless days at this, with parts all over and no kitchen water, he finally agreed to call a plumber and - presto - we have a new modern kitchen faucet (plus a big bill, but you can't take it with you).
My husband was never a reader so he sits on the couch with the t.v. going - he used to be a tennis enthusiast but you can only watch so many of those reruns until it gets boring. His other time-filler is looking at his pictures on his cell phone - he has a lot of them, and they help him recall people and events.