TIM PYCHYL

By definition, procrastinating means that you’re avoiding a difficult task—likely in favor of an activity that provides more instant gratification.

But it’s not just the fact that you’re not working that makes procrastination a waste of time. It’s also the fact that often,

According to traditional thinking, procrastinators have a time-management problem. They are unable to understand how long a task will take and need to learn how to schedule their time better.

However, psychologists increasingly realize that procrastination is an issue with managing ...

From a distance, procrastination looks like a time management problem. There is growing evidence that it is rather an emotional management problem — a flight response. Instead of facing the problem, we evade it. And how do other fear responses work? Here we go:

• FIGHT: last-minute deadl...