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Why do I procrastinate? And can I do anything about it?
The Conversation, Vol.21 May 2025
2025
Appears in The Conversation
Abstract
Can you only start a boring admin task once your house is clean? Do you leave the trickiest emails to the end of the day?
Delaying a goal or task – usually to do something less important instead – is known as procrastination and it affects many of us. Most people report procrastinating some of the time, but for others it can be chronic.
While procrastination is common, it can be frustrating and lead to feelings of shame, guilt and anxiety.
Here’s why you might be avoiding that task – and five steps to get on top of it.
Details
- Title
- Why do I procrastinate? And can I do anything about it?
- Authors
- Catherine Houlihan - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Psychology
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.21 May 2025
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.awtdm37jp
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991131905502621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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