Why Do We Procrastinate?

You know that thing you’ve been putting off for awhile, that could probably be done now but instead not doing ’cause it doesn’t sound like fun’ right now? Well here’s an explanation as to why you probably feel that way.

So stop procrastinating and get back to work!

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Sources:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kate_Eskine/publication/49641657_Academic_procrastination_in_college_students_the_role_of_self-reported_executive_function/links/5413057e0cf2bb7347db1857.pdf

Exploring the Genetics of “I’ll Do It Tomorrow”


http://pss.sagepub.com/content/25/6/1178
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2010/04/procrastination.aspx

Why Wait? The Science Behind Procrastination


http://www.wsj.com/articles/to-stop-procrastinating-start-by-understanding-whats-really-going-on-1441043167
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10865-015-9629-2
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886915003840
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spc3.12011/abstract

Executive Function & Self-Regulation


http://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-70350180162&origin=inward&txGid=0

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiod#/media/File:Seneca.JPG

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