Not taking active measures to rein in the self-sabotage during the formative years of early adulthood can have repercussions ...

Procrastination, the tendency to unnecessarily delay or put off tasks even if this will have negative consequences, is a common behavior for many people. While occasionally delaying or putting off ...

Procrastination is best understood as an emotion-focused coping strategy. We use task avoidance to escape the negative emotions associated with a task (e.g., frustration, boredom, stress, anxiety). As ...

Though people have struggled with procrastination since the beginning of time, the digital age has altered the nature of the procrastination beast. Distractions abound. Diversions call. Entertainment ...

In the modern world, the pursuit of a well-deserved break from the daily grind has led to a peculiar phenomenon known as sleep revenge procrastination. Coined by the National Sleep Foundation, this ...

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