You know exactly what you should do. You even want to do it. Yet somehow you don’t. Instead, you check your phone, rearrange your desk, make another cup of tea, or convince yourself you’ll ...

Why do people procrastinate? We’ll hear from a comedian who likes to leave their work until the last minute, and as usual, we’ll be learning some new vocabulary as well. Let me guess, it’s because you ...

I have to do it. Even though I know that, I cannot move. Studying. Work. Cleaning. Exercise. The more important something is, the more I put it off. And then I blame myself for not being able to do ...

A recent paper in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance gives us some insights as to why these tasks can feel so ...

Understanding why we do it might help us to understand how to stop doing it. 2 There are different reasons why people procrastinate. Some people avoid tasks if they can relate them to traumatic ...

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There was this story of a political activist who was considered an enemy of State and sentenced to death. His last act when ...

Jon Tyson on UnsplashWe have all been there, standing at the edge of a daunting project or a simple household chore, confidently whispering that we will just handle it tomorrow. It feels like a ...