Picture this: It's past midnight. Your eyes are droopy. The TV starts playing one more episode of a show on your favorite streaming service. Your first alarm is going to go off in five hours, but you ...

The worst procrastinators probably won’t be able to read this story. It’ll remind them of what they’re trying to avoid, psychologist Piers Steel says. Maybe they’re dragging their feet going to the ...

When you understand what’s going on in your brain, you can break the cycle and start to get things done. We can all probably agree that procrastination isn’t wise. Some of us like to believe we work ...

More than 80 percent of college students procrastinate when working on their assignments. But there are tips on dealing with the unproductive habit. Procrastination is often synonymous with laziness ...

Procrastination isn’t about time — it’s about emotion. Here’s how to work with your brain to navigate emotions and overcome procrastination. Procrastination is not a time management problem. Every act ...

It seems like there’s never a dull moment these days. From managing our social calendar to juggling responsibilities at home and work, it might be hard to focus on knocking off things on your to-do ...

Revenge sleep procrastination, or revenge bedtime procrastination, is when you decide to stay up later at night than you ought to in order to enjoy some extra hours of downtime. Raise your hand if you ...

If you mix fear or boredom with rebellion, you often end up putting things off. You might tell yourself you need a break and indulge in some smartphone surfing—then you hear the little voice in your ...

We define procrastination as not doing what needs to be done when we know we need to do it. But you already knew that, right? It feels to college students (and many of the rest of us) like a world of ...