Don’t Worry, You Are Not the Only One By Shmuel Shayowitz | February 04, 2021
Procrastination is the act of delaying or putting off tasks until the last minute - or sometimes even beyond its deadline. Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at DePaul University in Chicago, estimates that around 20% of U.S. adults are chronic procrastinators. According to PsychologyToday, procrastination is driven by various thoughts and habits, but fundamentally, we avoid tasks or put them off because we do not believe we’ll enjoy doing them and want to avoid making ourselves vulnerable, or we fear that we will make a mistake. “People may also procrastinate when they are confused by the complexity of a task (such as filing one’s taxes) or when they’re overly distracted or fatigued.”