5 Ways to beat Procrastination

Amanda Gravely
Nov 5 · 2 min read

We all procrastinate over something, even successful people.

So why do we procrastinate? New research from Joseph Ferrari at DePaul University shows that procrastination stems from negative emotions that hijack your mood. If we aren’t in the right mood to do a certain task we procrastinate by finding other tasks to do.

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