Think about that one pretty important task you’re putting off right now. Perhaps it’s a phone call to a difficult parent. Or a term paper due in two days. Or a doctor’s appointment you’d schedule this afternoon, if you weren’t suffering from “errand paralysis.”
As that chore, whatever is, emerges from a dark corner of your psyche, you’ll probably notice one of a few sensations in your body. Maybe a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach, tightness in the chest, or a reflexive urge to flee. Good. You’re perfectly primed to embrace this diversion, a fun deep-dive on the human hang-up that must be as old as our sense of duty itself.
It may seem trivial, but understanding procrastination’s connection to the clutter on your desk, the connections in your brain, or the regrets you may harbor for years, is the only way to subvert its potentially devastating hold on your life.
So let’s do this. Seriously. Pronto...READ MORE
