#source/youtube#procrastination#ted-ed

why do we procrastinate?

putting something off doesnt neccesarily procrastinte
,like important or not

definition

avoid a task we said we would do, despite it harms you

it actually,
body trying to protect us

how we see task we tend to procrastinate

we see
task as threatening

induces
fear?
high fear of failure, doesn’t meet our standard
dread
incompetence
insecurity

prcrastination actually it similiar to bear attack

procrastination it doesn’t mean lazy


result of procrastination

long run: anxiety, deppression, higher deppression

short term: temporarilty reduce our stress

how to break the cycle?

its not time management

being hard on yourself might actually worsen procrastination.

it’s actually by

reducing negative emotion

strategy to reduce negative emotion

  • journaling why its stressing you out, and address

  • breaking task into smaller element

  • remove nearby distraction

break the cycle,
self compassion? forgiving yourself when you fail


culture of procrastination hurts all of us in the long term