Why Do We Procrastinate?

Procrastination deals with how our brains work, according to one theory.

By Avery Hurt
Dec 20, 2022 4:00 PM
Procrastination
Sleeping business worker with piles of paperwork on their desk. (LanKogal/Shutterstock)

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If you’re supposed to be doing something else right now, you came to the right place. After all, if you’re going to procrastinate, what better way to do it than by reading an article about procrastination?

But it’s not just you – even pigeons procrastinate. Procrastination has been defined as “the needless delay of things one intends to do.” But most of us know it as watching cat videos when we’re on deadline.

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