Humans are by nature rational animals. Our ability to reason is supposedly what sets us apart from other animals, so it seems we ought to be incredibly reasonable, basing each action on deliberation ...

Call it, "procrastivity," or engaging in activities that amount to procrastination. After it gripped one Southland graduate student so tight that she ignored a looming deadline, she decided to turn ...

Perhaps you are the kind of person that always waits until deadline to hand in a report. You might tend to put off a difficult conversation or be reluctant to start a piece of work because you don’t ...

London - A fortnight ago I hauled four bulging carrier bags up to my loft and tipped tens of thousands of receipts, invoices and phone bills all over the floorboards. I stood amidst the flotsam of ...

Just because you procrastinate doesn't mean you're lazy. In his new book, The Art of Procrastination, John Perry argues that many procrastinators... Getting Around To Writing 'Art Of Procrastination' ...

Procrastination refers to the avoidance of any task or its deferral to a later, often unspecified, time. For example, you may well know that you need to pay your tax bill or mail your passport ...

Waas, semi-retired from the advertising business, has made procrastination an art, and he’s proud of it. "I’ve tried to make a living out of procrastinating for a long time," Waas says. "But I always ...