Tag: procrastination
How Procrastination and Depression are Linked
http://bit.ly/2n1hX76 2. People who deal with stress by putting problems in their ‘too hard basket’ are more vulnerable to getting depressed. There is a huge…
Procrastination is common – how to break out of the habit
4) Reduce the effort involved https://bbc.in/2YQhchY You need to make it as easy as possible to get started. The concept of choice architecture is well-known…
2) Look for the positives in the task you keep postponing
https://bbc.in/2YQhchY 2) Look for the positives in the task you keep postponing One way of working out whether you’re a chronic procrastinator is to ask…
Procrastination: Why It’s So Hard To Break The Habit
Harmon and Cullinan: I feel that same sense of relief every time a social engagement gets cancelled. Apparently, I am as addicted to cancelling plans as…
Laziness Does Not Exist
https://medium.com/@dr_eprice/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01 For decades, psychological research has been able to explain procrastination as a functioning problem, not a consequence of laziness. When a person fails to…
Negative, Repetitive Thoughts and Procrastination
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay/201803/how-negative-repetitive-thoughts-relate-procrastination#_=_ Procrastination is best understood as an emotion-focused coping strategy. We use task avoidance to escape negative emotions associated with a task (e.g., frustration, boredom,…
Procrastination is not solved by focusing on the volitional
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201801/new-way-understand-procrastination Many psychologists have attempted to understand the causes of procrastination beginning, perhaps, with the great psychodynamic theorists. Freud related this behavior to problems stemming…
To End Procrastination, Release Your Mental Resistance
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/10/29/to-end-procrastination-release-your-mental-resistance/ We are motivated to take action when we sense a feeling of reward at the end. If you look at your messy house in…
Procrastination – psychological origins
The psychological origins of procrastination – and how we can stop putting things off http://t.co/cmvI21nkYk pic.twitter.com/Zb8mG4wugh — The Conversation (@ConversationUK) October 11, 2015 When we…