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Why urgent deadlines sometimes increase avoidance behavior

My taxes are due in six days and I have all the documents sitting in a pile on my kitchen table but every time I look at them I decide to do laundry instead

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Proximity to consequences can paradoxically strengthen the impulse to flee.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Moving through procrastination?”

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