MINNEAPOLIS — There's just a week left to shop for Christmas. Some are completely ready while others haven't even started to shop. There are a lot of reasons to get distracted this time of year and to ...

Putting off things we don’t want to do or don’t enjoy is common. The Cambridge Dictionary defines procrastination as ‘the act of delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or ...

Procrastination rarely gets the respect that it deserves. When psychologists address procastinating at all, it is often with a touch of tongue-in-cheek humour. While everybody procrastinates at some ...

I have a confession. I’m currently writing this article at 10:32 a.m., roughly an hour and a half before it is due. I and other serial procrastinators are aware that this vice is preventable, but it’s ...

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Getty Images Plus. I can’t remember the last time I did something before I absolutely had to. I don’t pay my bills until I get the second or third disconnection ...

When I mentioned to people that I was working on an article about procrastination, not a soul missed the opportunity to confide that he or she is truly a procrastinator. Could this be? Sure, this was ...

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