Why Do I Procrastinate on Things I Actually Want to Do?

Why Do I Procrastinate On Things I Want To Do

Procrastinating on things you actually want to do makes no logical sense, which is part of why it is so frustrating. If you wanted to do it, you would do it. But the wanting is often exactly the problem. The more you care about something, the more an attempt that goes badly threatens something real.

Why Perfectionists Procrastinate (Even on Things They’re Good At)

Why Perfectionists Procrastinate

Perfectionism and procrastination seem like opposites. One produces high standards. The other produces delay. But they are not opposites. They are two nodes of the same circuit. Perfectionism delays action because anything less than the ideal outcome would count as failure, and the conditions for a perfect outcome never quite arrive. The advice to simply