PROCRASTINATION
A neuropsychologist might call it a failure of executive function or how you plan ahead and prioritize things.
A social psychologist on the other hand might see it as a problem relating to emotion regulation or trying to avoid bad feelings like stress
An evolutionary psychologists think it could be partly genetic even though all their approaches to studying it are a little bit
Study
A 2014 study by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder procrastination might even be part of our evolutionary makeup to try to figure out if there's a genetic component to procrastination.
Genetics
Mood regulation
same environment
Factors
In 2010 researchers from the City University of New York found that undergraduate students own reports of their executive function could predict their tendency to procrastinate
Canadian psychology professor Timothy pickles says that procrastination is giving in to feel good
Good feelings
Bad feelings
Stress
Tired
Under pressure
Executive Function skils
Depression
Anxiety
2015 study in the Journal of behavioral medicine even found that serial procrastinators had trouble managing high blood pressure and heart disease
A few scientific studies done on what makes people more likely to overcome their procrastination most of these studies are conducted on undergrad psychology students and focus on academic procrastination
How can beat it
Goal management
Long-term
Short-term
Focus
Time management
Instructors
broken up into periodic deadlines
quizzes
Plan
breaking up a task into bite-size pieces
reward yourself
Future self
Prioritize
Carry out tasks
Hesiod-Work and Days
Do not put your work off till tomorrow and the day after; For a suggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts his work; industry makes work go well. But a man who puts off work is aways hand-grips with ruin.
A Greek poet even wrote about it in 700 BCE