WHY DO WE PROCRASTINATE

Is procrastination bad?

People claim

In fact

They work better

Increase level of stress

Depression

Anxiety

Physiological consequences

According to study by researcher from the University of Colorado Boulder

How?

By developing mathematical model

Observation to set of siblings and identical twins

Who is growing with same environmental influences

Differences procrastination habits could because of differences in genetics

Genetic variations in procrastination habits are related to genetic variations in another trait

Researcher from the City University of New York

What

Findings of Undergraduate students'

Procrastinate as failure of mood regulation

Procrastination is a prescription to feel good

Stress

Unpleasantness

How to avoid?

According to the author of the City University of New York Study

Instructor could work with students to help them engage with big tasks

But how?

By breaking up a task into bite-size pieces

Remind yourself that you don't have to do it all at once

Tackle it a bit at a time and reward yourself for making progress

Study in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine

What is that?

Found the trouble of serial procrastinator

Then what?

Serial procrastinator had trouble managing high blood pressure and heart disease