Why Procrastinators Procrastinate — Wait But Why
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The full story about why procrastinators routinely ruin their own lives.
PDF: We made a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. Buy it here. (Or see a preview .) ___________ pro-cras-ti-na-tion |prəˌkrastəˈnāSHən, prō-| noun the action of delaying or postponing something: your first tip is to avoid procrastination . Who would have thought that after decades of struggle with procrastination, the dictionary, of all places, would hold the solution. Avoid procrastination. So elegant in its simplicity. While we’re here, let’s make sure obese people avoid overeating, depressed people avoid apathy, and someone please tell beached whales that t
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