I’ll add part 2 to this later.

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  2. It’s not that simple or easy. Your brain doesn’t care about the thing you have to do, it wants those happy chemicals

  4. There’s rarely enough incentive.

    Work is just a means to an end (survival), so doing the bare minimum at the slowest and most leisurely pace to avoid being sacked is optimal.

    For interpersonal tasks, it’s attitude dependent. If I complete a task for someone and they don’t respond with gratitude or at least neutrality, that task was time wasted. If I already know they’re going to be a cunt about it regardless, why go at any pace other than my own?

    Procrastination is almost always the result of a reward not being worth the effort or not existing in the first place.

  9. I’m not motivated yet.

    Plus, it allows time for other things to happen that may affect my task or not require it.

  20. I’m too busy working on other stuff that might or might not be as relevant. ADHD gang!

  22. It doesn’t rank up high enough in my list of priorities.

    I’m talking about my final project for college, which I suck as a student and as a professional, am not going to work in the field and am currently working in something else.

  24. I’m actually charter member of PFABT – Procrastinators for a Better Tommorow. Our slogan: “We’ll make the world a better place – tomorrow.”

  25. Honestly for me, I think it’s anxiety. Which is weird because I’m relatively successful and work 60 hours a week but small little tasks my brain just tells me to hold off on continuously until the last minute and I’m fairly certain it’s because of my generalized anxiety disorder.

    I feel better if I just get shit done but even a bunch of small issues can start feeling overwhelming pretty quick.

  30. I used to be like that. And I started getting my shit together, incrementally. Life has transformed. Almost overnight.

    it’s worth trying to overcome that feeling of dread in exchange for completing the task.

    you get addicted to accomplishing goals and taking on very complex challenges.

  33. I go through phases of it. Things pile up and it gets overwhelming at times.. and it also becomes more difficult to plan. Nursing school did that to me

    What I usually do to overcome it is just split things up into many small tasks and not worry about the outcome. Just accomplish each step at a time

  37. There’s obviously so many different reasons, not a one size fits all.
    Mine would be my anxiety makes me put it off. I’m too worried about doing something poorly that I put off doing it until my anxiety about not getting it done by the deadline is higher than my anxiety about not doing it well. At this point all I care about is getting it done in time and as long as I pass I don’t care about getting a good grade.
    These days I don’t usually procrastinate about tasks, I tend to do them straight away because I’m anxious about people(mostly my partner) thinking I’m not doing enough. Or I forget about them all together haha.
    Problem now is the things I use to enjoy doing when procrastinating now, when I have free time to do them, I’m worried that I’ve forgotten to do something else I’m meant to do so I don’t fully relax and enjoy them.
    But at least the house is generally clean lol

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