procrastination

When we are procrastinating, avoiding exercise or some other habit we want to create, or avoiding taking on a difficult project, the underlying cause is rarely what we think it ...

How do we overcome the habits of procrastination and overthinking? NTD's David Zhang sits down with Dr. Loretta ...

Got debt? I could be wrong, but if you're revolving a big credit card balance, I'm guessing at ...

University students have a lot of freedom but not much structure. This can be bad for habitual procrastinators. ...

My relationship with taking action has changed in the past two years. About two years ago, my wife ...

It’s true that procrastinating is the thief of time. I’ll do it later turns into days of undone homework and ...

Do you ever beat yourself up for procrastinating? Maybe you need to write a big report for school ...

Procrastination is a pervasive human problem. The more people I’ve talked to, the more I've realized that nearly ...

Sometimes, putting things off can be a good thing. Maybe you need to step away from an angry ...

Lately I’ve been procrastinating a bit more than normal, and of course it doesn’t feel great. The truth ...

Victor Hugo had just five months to write his novel “Notre-Dame de Paris,” or “The Hunchback of Notre ...

We will often start our days with the best of intentions and then promptly get caught up in ...

We’ve all done it before. You have an important task to do, but you can’t bring yourself to ...

The legendary comic book artist, writer, and editor Jack Kirby once said, “Perfectionists are their own devils.” And, ...

Procrastinating? We all do it to some extent. Sometimes procrastination can even be helpful—pointing to a need to ...

By Gurpreet Kaur Imagine you are thriving, convinced you're on the road to success. Then, all of a sudden, you ...

Procrastination starts from avoiding something out of fear. Then it becomes a pattern that hardens into a habit. ...

It's human nature to desire comfort and security. Unfortunately, that tendency is what causes most of our problems. ...

It’s pretty rare to find people who (almost) never procrastinate. In my experience, 95 to 99 percent of ...

When it comes to work, I’ve found that most of us fall in one of two camps. We ...

Perhaps you want to be a better coder, a better writer, or a better musician. Perhaps you want ...

A man I know wanted to create a non-profit organization that was going to help give people a ...

Shall we discuss how many tasks I’ve done instead of sitting down to write this article? I’ve cleaned, ...

Lately, I’ve been procrastinating more often, and it doesn’t feel good.  There are a number of good reasons for ...

We all do it in some form: We tell ourselves we’re going to do something, and then end ...

We’ve all had the experience of wanting to get a project done but putting it off for later.

To fight procrastination, researchers offer a simple trick: think of the future as now.