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Why do I procrastinate? And can I do anything about it?

By Catherine Houlihan, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast

Can you only start a boring admin task once your house is clean? Do you leave the trickiest emails to the end of the day?

Delaying a goal or task – usually to do something less important instead – is known as procrastination and it affects many of us. Most people report procrastinating some of the time, but for others it can be chronic.

While procrastination is common,…

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