Procrastination is a strange phenomenon. Its purpose seems to be to make our life more pleasant but instead it almost always adds stress, disorganization, and frequently failure.
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\nEllis and Knaus (1977)\u00a0and Burka and Yuen (1983) describe the process:
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\n(1) You want to\u00a0achieve some outcome, usually something you and others value and\u00a0respect \u2013 “I’ve got to start.”
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\n(2) You delay, briefly thinking of real and\u00a0imagined advantages of starting to change later \u2013 “I’ll do it tomorrow\u00a0when I don’t have much to do.”
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\n(3) You delay more, becoming self-critical \u2013 “I should have started sooner” \u2013 and\/or self-excusing \u2013 “I really\u00a0couldn’t have left the party early last night, my best friends were\u00a0there.” You may hide or pretend to be busy; you may even lie about having other obligations.
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\n(4) You delay still more, until finally the task\u00a0has to be done, usually hastily–“Just get it done any old way” \u2013 or you\u00a0just don’t have time \u2013 “I can’t do this!” <\/p>\n
(5) You berate yourself \u2013 “There\u00a0is something wrong with me” \u2013 and swear never to procrastinate again\u00a0and\/or you discount the importance of the task \u2013 “It doesn’t matter.”
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\n(6) You repeat the process almost immediately on other important tasks, as if it were an addiction or compulsion.\u00a0
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