Procrastinating

Description

Procrastinating involves intentionally delaying tasks or decisions, often to manage stress, avoid discomfort, or prioritize urgent issues. As a strategy, it can provide temporary relief from overwhelming workloads or allow time for additional information to emerge. However, effective use requires setting clear deadlines, breaking tasks into manageable steps, and employing reminders to prevent negative consequences. Remedies include time management techniques, accountability systems, and addressing underlying causes such as fear of failure or perfectionism.

Claim

Procrastination places the responsibility for completion on the authority who imposed the deadline.

Procrastination reduces anxiety by reducing the expected quality of the project from the best of all possible efforts to the best that can be expected given the limited time.

Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that there is nothing important to do.