The Academic Imperfectionist

#116: Procrastination is a bad idea


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If only you spent more time working and less time procrastinating, your life would be so much better. Right? Friend, I know how you feel, but it's not that simple. Some forms of procrastination actually help us get our work done, while some forms of work are just a waste of your time. In fact, I've come to realise that the very idea of procrastination is pretty unhelpful, and it can stand in the way of understanding why we struggle to make progress, and how to fix it. In this episode, I'm going to share with you a more empowering way to think about how to get things done.

Brand new download! Click here for the 'Comfort vs relevance: resist the work/procrastination binary!' worksheet, or find it on the Resources page of The Academic Imperfectionist website.

References

Grant, Adam. 2016: 'Why I taught myself to procrastinate', New York Times.

Jensen, Joli. 2017: Write No Matter What (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). 

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