Tim Urban runs the blog Wait But Why, where he uses stick-figure illustrations to explain everything from procrastination to artificial intelligence.

(I always did it again, like clockwork, two weeks later.) Procrastination is also becoming much more common; one study by Canadian professor Piers Steel found that the number of people who ...

Is procrastination such a bad thing? The conventional wisdom is that procrastination is something that should be avoided at all costs. And indeed, I have written plenty of articles about the ...

Procrastination is the act of putting something off regardless of the negative consequences. We might delay starting a project despite the looming deadline, or worse, we might postpone pursuing ...

The feeling of being overwhelmed can quickly lead to procrastination, causing you not to finish essential tasks, ultimately adding more stress and negatively impacting your life. According to the ...

Procrastination happens when you don’t feel motivated to complete a task, so you continue pushing it back for as long as possible. You may come up with excuses to wait on getting started. While ...