Occasionally waiting until the last minute to complete tasks happens to many people.However, when it is recurring and occurs frequently, it may be procrastination, which can deeply affect work, relationships, health and all aspects of life. Procrastination can affect relationships when delaying decisions and commitments, and avoid taking relationships further. It will also affect work and school, as well as stop you from reaching goals in life.
Procrastination is commonly associated with laziness, but this is usually not the case and it is actually more complex than that. There are many drivers of procrastination, including low self-confidence, anxiety, emotional regulation, rumination and negative thoughts, perfectionism, fear of failure, and many more. Other contributing factors may include not enjoying the task at hand, being unorganized, unmotivated, overwhelmed, poor time management skills, and feeling bad about procrastination or past mistakes which becomes part of the loop and leads to further procrastination. Another example is that those with perfectionist traits may procrastinate due to fear of failure, as delaying the task will delay this.
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