As a parent of a middle or high school student, you likely know the pain of getting to the end of a long day only to realize ...

Imagine a student hunched over a desk, deadlines looming like storm clouds, yet paralyzed by an invisible force: not laziness, but a crushing belief that their effort won’t change their future. This ...

Two academic researchers and lecturers discuss the many factors that boost short- and long-term motivation and how to get yourself started when procrastination threatens. October 10, 2025 Motivation ...

It’s 11 p.m. on a Sunday night. You are hunched over your desk staring into the computer screen, and there it is: an assignment due at 11:59. You look at the clock — it just turned 11:01. You had all ...

When I hear teachers complain that their students refuse to follow the recommended steps to complete a research project, such as using note cards, preparing outlines or creating a timeline for a ...

When talking about Time Management, most people want to increase their productivity. Start implementing some of these tips today, and you will get more and better work done in less time: ...

I remember the eureka moment I had about procrastination when I was still a high school Latin teacher. There was a lot of talk about "time management" and "SMART" goals going around the faculty ...

We define procrastination as not doing what needs to be done when we know we need to do it. But you already knew that, right? It feels to college students (and many of the rest of us) like a world of ...

Is procrastination such a bad thing? The conventional wisdom is that procrastination is something that should be avoided at all costs. And indeed, I have written plenty of articles about the downsides ...

Why you keep putting things off—and what to do about it ...