The Psychology Behind Procrastination
Below are some of the most common justifications for procrastination.
Avoidance – We might avoid the task in hand all together by engaging in an activity that brings us more joy.
Distraction – We engage in behaviours or actions that prevent us from committing to the task we actually need to do.
Trivalisation – We convince ourselves that what we need to do is not that important.
Comparisons – We compare our situation and actions to those we perceive as being even worse than ours.
Reframing – We pretend that doing that task in hand straight away will be harmful to our performance.
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