The ObservatoryFrom avoidance to starting
Find the feeling behind the delay, shrink the task to a small start, and meet yourself kindly afterward.
How it works
- From the bookWrite
- Which feeling?ChooseWrite
- Shrink the taskWrite
- Make it easier to beginListWrite
- Afterward, and toward yourselfChooseWrite
In popular culture, procrastination is glorified as something almost charming. We see memes about doing everything the night before, or jokes about how we work best under pressure. But for someone who carries a constant …
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Why does it work?
Procrastination is understood as short-term emotion regulation rather than laziness (Sirois & Pychyl, 2013). Students who forgave themselves for procrastinating put off studying less before the next exam (Wohl et al., 2010), but this is a single study and not proof for this exercise.
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