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How procrastination creates the problems it tries to avoid

I have been meaning to text my friend back for three days but now so much time has passed that I feel too guilty to respond normally.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Avoidance compounds the very discomfort it seeks to escape.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Procrastination — psychological and philosophical dimensions?”

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