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People often assume that procrastination is the result of laziness or lack of willpower. In reality, procrastination often has roots in issues like anxiety, depression, perfectionism, task aversion, abstract goals, and impulsivity. Read this article about why people procrastinate and tell us about your experience with procrastination.

So, yea, indecisiveness, feeling overwhelmed, indecisiveness, anxiety, task aversion, perfectionism, indecisiveness, fear of evaluation and negative feedback, perceived lack of control, indecisiveness, impulsivity, and did I mention indecisiveness? These are all things that contribute to my procrastination of thing. I'm usually one that likes to get things done asap or I procrastinate until the last moment. There doesn't seem to be any happy medium with me even though I try my damndest to spread things out evenly over time. I mean if I can get the hardest things done immediately then I'm usually good cause the easiest things are left for last minute when my mind finally kicks into work. As you see I spent today catching up on a week of entries and am now cramming to get as much of this week's tasks done asap so I'm not stressed on the final day to complete what I couldn't during the week.


Do you have problems with procrastination in your own life? What types of tasks do you procrastinate the most on?


As mentioned above indecisiveness is my biggest issue. When even writing my own stories, for example, I'll come across a part where I need to make a decision on what my character is going to do and I have a hard time choosing because every possibility will lead to an interesting turn, so which is best? Usually, I don't finish the story because I can't make a decision. I become overwhelmed by the prospects. This is how my mind works for every decision, even when it comes to choosing what to have for dinner. I prefer others to pick what they want and then I can build around that because lots of different things will make me happy and I'd prefer the people around me be happy. But I'm usually the one who has to decide (my husband always says he doesn't care he says I'm the only one with cravings lol) so I completely procrastinate on picking something because I'm trying to figure out what I feel like. Now he asks me hours ahead of time so I have time to think about it and yes, it always takes til the last minute for me to decide.