Hayden Finch PhD

Right. Well, there's there's the emotional side of it, which my perspective is that there's this emotional side to it that we neglect. We think of, again, procrastination as a behavior, but we neglect this emotional side. So say you want to just fold your laundry. You've had it done. It's washed and dried, but it's not folded. And it's been something you've been putting off.

There might be reasons for that. There might be legitimate reasons. There are other things that you've wanted to work on, other things you need to do, other things you want to do. But the other part of that story is that just like, I don't want to like that feeling that like I'd rather not. That feeling is a huge part of what ultimately motivates procrastination.

There might be reasons for that. There might be legitimate reasons. There are other things that you've wanted to work on, other things you need to do, other things you want to do. But the other part of that story is that just like, I don't want to like that feeling that like I'd rather not. That feeling is a huge part of what ultimately motivates procrastination.

There might be reasons for that. There might be legitimate reasons. There are other things that you've wanted to work on, other things you need to do, other things you want to do. But the other part of that story is that just like, I don't want to like that feeling that like I'd rather not. That feeling is a huge part of what ultimately motivates procrastination.

There is some truth to that, that a certain group of people does work better under pressure. But by and large, almost everyone who believes that to be true about themselves is wrong. If we test that out in a research lab, we find that people actually perform poorer.

There is some truth to that, that a certain group of people does work better under pressure. But by and large, almost everyone who believes that to be true about themselves is wrong. If we test that out in a research lab, we find that people actually perform poorer.

There is some truth to that, that a certain group of people does work better under pressure. But by and large, almost everyone who believes that to be true about themselves is wrong. If we test that out in a research lab, we find that people actually perform poorer.

They make more mistakes, for example, when they are under pressure versus when they have adequate time to really put some thought into it. So that is a false assumption that a lot of us are making about ourselves.

They make more mistakes, for example, when they are under pressure versus when they have adequate time to really put some thought into it. So that is a false assumption that a lot of us are making about ourselves.

They make more mistakes, for example, when they are under pressure versus when they have adequate time to really put some thought into it. So that is a false assumption that a lot of us are making about ourselves.

Well, it's sort of not a problem unless it is a problem, right? And we might not be aware of the problems that it's causing, which is the trouble. Like we have evidence that procrastination affects loneliness. It affects economic difficulties. It affects depression and anxiety. And it sometimes is difficult to draw a straight line from my procrastination to my financial difficulties.

Well, it's sort of not a problem unless it is a problem, right? And we might not be aware of the problems that it's causing, which is the trouble. Like we have evidence that procrastination affects loneliness. It affects economic difficulties. It affects depression and anxiety. And it sometimes is difficult to draw a straight line from my procrastination to my financial difficulties.

Well, it's sort of not a problem unless it is a problem, right? And we might not be aware of the problems that it's causing, which is the trouble. Like we have evidence that procrastination affects loneliness. It affects economic difficulties. It affects depression and anxiety. And it sometimes is difficult to draw a straight line from my procrastination to my financial difficulties.

Sometimes it's easy to draw that straight line and sometimes it's harder. And so that's the difficulty here is like it can be difficult to know all of the problems that are caused by your procrastination.

Sometimes it's easy to draw that straight line and sometimes it's harder. And so that's the difficulty here is like it can be difficult to know all of the problems that are caused by your procrastination.

Sometimes it's easy to draw that straight line and sometimes it's harder. And so that's the difficulty here is like it can be difficult to know all of the problems that are caused by your procrastination.

And also sometimes the problems caused by your procrastination don't actually impact you so much, but maybe it's impacting your coworkers because you're always responding to emails at the last minute or you're The projects that you turn in aren't the highest quality and it doesn't really affect you all that much, but your coworkers or your boss cares more than you do.

And also sometimes the problems caused by your procrastination don't actually impact you so much, but maybe it's impacting your coworkers because you're always responding to emails at the last minute or you're The projects that you turn in aren't the highest quality and it doesn't really affect you all that much, but your coworkers or your boss cares more than you do.

And also sometimes the problems caused by your procrastination don't actually impact you so much, but maybe it's impacting your coworkers because you're always responding to emails at the last minute or you're The projects that you turn in aren't the highest quality and it doesn't really affect you all that much, but your coworkers or your boss cares more than you do.

Yeah. One of the things that I've discovered in my career in the last few years is that even people who don't think of themselves as procrastinators, for example, I'm one of those. It's not something that I've personally ever really struggled with. I realized that even those people are procrastinating on something. And that's been a really interesting exercise for me professionally is to see,