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How to Find Your Procrastination Style – and Then Stop Procrastinating for Good
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How to Find Your Procrastination Style – and Then Stop Procrastinating for Good

Psychologists and behavior experts share their top strategies for working through pesky procrastination.

Lauryn Higgins
Real Simple, 2023
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Practically everyone procrastinates, says journalist Lauryn Higgins. Learn to forgive yourself by adopting research-backed tactics to procrastinate less. Gain insight into your own particular procrastination style, identifying which procrastination type – or types – best reflects your own personal reasons for procrastinating. Stop beating yourself up for postponing action, urges Higgins, and start reframing your mind-set and approaching your to-do list differently, so you can start getting tasks done today.

Take-Aways

  • Your procrastination habit is perfectly human, but you needn’t live with it.
  • To break the cycle of procrastination, first identify what kind of procrastinator you are.
  • If procrastination is impinging on your quality of life, take research-backed actions to eliminate the habit.

About the Author

Lauryn Higgins is a freelance journalist whose work focuses primarily on public health, agriculture and climate change.

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