Solving Procrastination
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily postponing decisions or actions. For example, a person is procrastinating if they have a week to finish an assignment, but they delay getting started until right before its deadline for no good reason. There are three concepts that can be considered the opposite of procrastination (i.e., its antonym): Precrastination (doing things too early). Purposeful delay (delaying things …
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily postponing decisions or actions. For example, if someone delays working on an assignment until right before its deadline for no reason, despite intending to work on it earlier, that person is procrastinating. A procrastination cycle is a pattern of behavior that people repeatedly go through when they delay unnecessarily, and especially one where procrastinating …
Chronic procrastination is the long-term tendency to unnecessarily postpone decisions or actions. It is associated with various causes, such as anxiety and fear of failure, and can lead to various issues, such as increased stress and worse financial outcomes. Because chronic procrastination is a prevalent and serious problem, it’s important to understand it. As such, in the following article you …
The student syndrome is a phenomenon where people delay doing things until right before the deadline. For example, a student who postpones working on an assignment until the night before it’s due is displaying the student syndrome. This behavior is called the “student syndrome” because of how common it is among students. However, people other than students often also display it, …
Positive procrastination involves postponing things unnecessarily, in a way that leads to potentially positive outcomes, or at least to outcomes that are superior to those of traditional (i.e., negative) procrastination. There are two main types of procrastination that are often categorized as positive: Active procrastination, which involves deliberately postponing decisions or actions, in order to use the pressure of being …
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily postponing decisions or actions. For example, if someone delays working on an assignment until right before its deadline for no reason, despite intending to work on it earlier, that person is procrastinating. Procrastination is a common phenomenon, which chronically affects approximately 20% of adults and 50% of college students. It’s associated with a variety …
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily postponing decisions or actions. This common phenomenon, which chronically affects approximately 20% of adults and 50% of college students, is generally viewed negatively, since it’s associated with various issues, such as worse financial status and increased stress. Despite this, procrastination may sometimes have some potential benefits. This has led to claims that procrastination could, …
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily postponing decisions or actions. For example, if someone delays working on an assignment until right before its deadline for no reason, despite intending to work on it earlier, that person is procrastinating. Procrastination is associated with a variety of dangers and negative effects, including worse academic performance, worse financial status, increased interpersonal relationship issues, …
Productive procrastination (also known as structured procrastination) involves doing beneficial things while delaying doing more important things. For example, a student engages in productive procrastination when they work on a school assignment as a way to postpone studying for a much more important upcoming exam. Productive procrastination can be beneficial in some cases, though it can also lead to various …
Active procrastination involves deliberately postponing decisions or actions, in order to use the pressure of a near deadline as motivation to get things done. This type of procrastination is sometimes associated with positive outcomes, such as improved academic achievement. Passive procrastination involves postponing decisions or actions due to an inability to do things in a timely manner. This type of procrastination …