MINNEAPOLIS — There's just a week left to shop for Christmas. Some are completely ready while others haven't even started to shop. There are a lot of reasons to get distracted this time of year and to ...

Putting off things we don’t want to do or don’t enjoy is common. The Cambridge Dictionary defines procrastination as ‘the act of delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or ...

Revenge bedtime procrastination (RBP) is when people choose to stay awake for some alone time. It's most common among people who are busy, stressed, or burned out from work or family. RBP is not a ...

Before answering the questions above, let’s quickly define procrastination. And, let’s go over why what it’s such a big deal. If you conducted a search inquiry for “procrastination definition,” the ...

All of us, from time to time, have procrastinated both professional and personal tasks or projects. By definition, procrastination is the intentional and habitual postponement of a task, in favor of a ...

Oxymoron – a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. We are all familiar with common oxymorons: jumbo shrimp, boneless ribs, deafening silence or sweet sorrow, ...

When I mentioned to people that I was working on an article about procrastination, not a soul missed the opportunity to confide that he or she is truly a procrastinator. Could this be? Sure, this was ...