Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of starting, we suddenly ...

If you thought your studying is going badly, here are some examples of how it could be going worse. From losing an 88-page senior thesis mere days before it’s due in the film “With Honors” to taking ...

Read more from Slate’s special issue on procrastination. Seth Stevenson chatted online with readers about this article. Read the transcript. Dear chronically procrastinating young person, Slate has ...

Procrastination isn’t laziness. It is overwhelm, avoidance, and the human brain trying to dodge discomfort. With tiny steps, ...

How often have you heard yourself say that you work better under pressure? Does working better under pressure explain why you frantically rush to catch up? Does that mean that you can only do better ...

I believe that the very first step to having a more productive life starts with a complete acknowledgement of the power that procrastination has over us. We praise the smoker and the alcoholic for ...

Procrastination has existed since the beginning of time. There will always be a deadline and, as humans, it’s in our nature to test the limits of these deadlines – by delaying for as long as possible.

“I love deadlines,” English author Douglas Adams once wrote. “I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” We’ve all had the experience of wanting to get a project done but putting it off for ...

At the end of July, when NPR's Robert Siegel set off on the longest vacation since his honeymoon 39 years ago, he packed a few books, including the new book The Art of Procrastination by John Perry, ...