How to stop Procrastination
To Stop Procrastinating, Start by Understanding the Emotions Involved A very interesting WSJ article on procrastination. What is procrastination ? Scientists define procrastination as the voluntary delay of an action despite foreseeable negative future consequences. It is opting for short-term pleasure or mood at the cost of the long-term. Perhaps we didn’t finish preparing a presentation on the weekend because we had house guests. That is just intentional delay based on a rational decision. The essence of procrastination is “we’re giving in to feel good,” Dr. Pychyl says. “Procrastination is, ‘I know I should be doing it, I want to, it gets under my skin [when I don’t].’ ” Why do we procrastinate ? studies show chronic procrastination isn’t actually linked to perfectionism, but rather to impulsiveness , which is a tendency to act immediately on urges, according to Piers Steel, an organizational-behavior professor at the University of Calgary. People ...