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3 Ways to Beat Procrastination by Tania Luna
Key points
- Almost everyone procrastinates, research has found, for reasons ranging from genetics to emotional avoidance.
- Self-study, or closely examining why one procrastinates, may be the most important step to overcoming it.
- Self-compassion, including self-forgiveness and perception shifting, can also help people take action.
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Most people procrastinate from time to time, and 94 percent of us admit that putting off until tomorrow what we should do today harms our happiness (Steel, 2007). Procrastination leads to stress, guilt, anxiety, and even health problems (Sirois, 2016). And yet, we pile dirty dishes in the sink, avoid tough conversations, skip workouts, leave doctors appointments unscheduled, and even delay taking action on goals that are near and dear to our hearts—even if we’ve promised to make them our New Year’s resolutions.
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