The worst procrastinators probably won’t be able to read this story. It’ll remind them of what they’re trying to avoid, psychologist Piers Steel says. Maybe they’re dragging their feet going to the ...

Procrastination, the tendency to unnecessarily delay or put off tasks even if this will have negative consequences, is a common behavior for many people. While occasionally delaying or putting off ...

It's not uncommon to catch preschoolers dilly-dallying when they're supposed to be tidying or school-aged children putting off homework for more desirable tasks. But are these forms of procrastination ...

We define procrastination as not doing what needs to be done when we know we need to do it. But you already knew that, right? It feels to college students (and many of the rest of us) like a world of ...

Picture this: It's past midnight. Your eyes are droopy. The TV starts playing one more episode of a show on your favorite streaming service. Your first alarm is going to go off in five hours, but you ...

In a fast-paced world, where the pressure to perform and achieve is constant, it's easy to fall into the trap of self-judgment. Are you genuinely lacking motivation, or is there a more complex ...

Procrastination is the act of putting something off regardless of the negative consequences. We might delay starting a project despite the looming deadline, or worse, we might postpone pursuing the ...

Procrastination isn’t about time — it’s about emotion. Here’s how to work with your brain to navigate emotions and overcome procrastination. Procrastination is not a time management problem. Every act ...

“Procrastination is the feeling that says, ‘I’m stuck," Toyin Crandell says, as she brushes a handful of curls across her forehead. “Helplessness is what it is.” Indeed, procrastination is often ...

Procrastination, or the art of doing the wrong things at one specifically wrong time, has become a bugbear of our productivity-obsessed era. Wasting resources? Everybody’s doing it! But wasting time?

Are you putting something off by reading this article? Maybe it’s finishing your Christmas shopping. Or making a confrontational phone call. Or writing your fall term papers. Social scientists define ...