26 April, 2019

Can procrastination be put off?

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Written by Shana Lebowitz Gaynor, Senior Reporter at Business Insider

 

Beating hashtag#procrastination starts with understanding its root causes — which, contrary to popular belief, generally don't include laziness. Psychological reasons for procrastination include: Your dad was really strict when you were a kid, you don't feel connected to your future self, and you have a skewed perception of time. When it comes to your time perspective, one study found that people who think a deadline falls in a time like the present will be less likely to procrastinate than people who think a deadline falls in a time unlike the present. In other words, if it's March 2019 and you find out a project is due in January 2020, you'll be more likely to procrastinate than if it's March 2019 and you find out the project is due in December 2019. One trick for getting past this mental obstacle? In the study, participants achieved this by looking at a calendar in which the current date and the due date were the same color."

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/psychological-reasons-you-procrastinate-2016-12

 

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