News Npr's Here & Now: Stress & Procrastination

[Kintsugi]

Being a student, I found this short radio segment very enlightening. I am totally one of those "But I do better under real pressure" excuse-maker people.

Why We Procrastinate — And How We Can Stop

Research also show us that it really affects our well-being negatively. But most recently, our research has shown that it affects our health negatively as well. We have fewer wellness behaviors — well, first of all, we have the direct effects of stress — then we have fewer wellness behaviors and more treatment delay.

(Tim Sychyl from Carleton University on WBUR's Here and Now)