Procrastination is unfortunately something that most of us are familiar with. We’ve either experienced it firsthand or observed it in others: our students, children, employees, spouses, and more. It’s ...

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. We promise ourselves that this time, we'll slay this beast. We make lists, buy journals, try new apps, but no matter what, we often wind up falling into the same cycle of delay and ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . William James, noted psychologist of the late 19th century, certainly knew a thing or two about burnout. Many ...

It seems like there’s never a dull moment these days. From managing our social calendar to juggling responsibilities at home and work, it might be hard to focus on knocking off things on your to-do ...

After a jam-packed day, do you stay up late for some “me” time rather than go to bed a reasonable hour? If you’re in the habit of doing that, it could be a sign of revenge bedtime procrastination.

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Procrastination is the absence of progress. We all make resolutions, but only 8 percent succeed. The rest will get caught in the gap between intention and action — they fail to launch. Procrastination ...

What project are you putting off right now? Is there an important task you could be doing now, but are unnecessarily saving for later? Voluntarily delaying anything may lead you to believe that you ...

We all have problems with procrastination sometimes. There is something we need to do—a project for school, perhaps, or an assignment for work—but we just cannot move to do it. It needs to be done but ...