Half, drag behind

Hi,

1) “a half or a quarter of a loaf of bread”

or

“half or quarter of a loaf of bread”

I think that the first one is correct but it seems a bit wordy.

2)When you have to tie up a lot of loose ends and you still can’t get around to it, more of the tasks you have to deal with will accumulate over time and you’ll just end up (now I’m not sure what to say) ‘pushing them in front of you’ or ‘dragging them with you/behind you’.

I’m trying to say that when someone has a lot of tasks they need to finish, they sometimes continue to put them off for too long. I’m not sure if I’m making any sense. I can explain what I want to say in a different way.

Thank you