If there is a task, project, or priority hanging over your head right now, why you think you haven’t tackled it yet? What emotions do you feel when you think about this task? The fact is, ...

Okay, so there’s only one thing you told yourself you have to do today. It’s already afternoon and you haven’t made a lick of progress on it. You’ve done all sorts of other things. You’ve even been ...

All the way back in the 1930s, famed Harvard psychologist B.F. Skinner developed a unified theory of procrastination. You may recall Skinner’s name from psychology 101. He was the guy who bribed rats ...

Q: I feel like I perform better when I’m facing a tight deadline, but the stress of waiting until the last minute is taking a toll. How do I move past this? It sounds like you’re experiencing the ...

Writer AJ Jacobs has come up with a counterintuitive approach to beating procrastination: embracing the discomfort. In the latest edition of his Experimental Living newsletter, AJ describes his ...

Procrastinating isn’t always a bad thing — a few years ago, Adam Grant resolved to procrastinate more, not less — still: For most of us, starting late isn’t always the best route to take. So with all ...

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Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. Sam Dylan Finch was 27 years ...

Faced with a task or project, do you repeatedly tell yourself that you’ll do it “tomorrow”, “soon”, or “after watching just a few more videos”? Procrastination can be painful and frustratingly ...

Set your “future self” up for success by removing productivity obstacles. By Jancee Dunn Is there a more postponable task than getting a Real ID driver’s license? I know I have to do it. I’ve made ...

PUTTING THINGS off exacts a hefty toll. One study published in 2013 ranked 22,053 people on a procrastination scale of one to five. Each increase of one point was associated with a drop of nearly ...