According to traditional thinking, procrastinators have a time management problem. They seem to be unaware of how long their assignments will take and and it on vith their work. Increasingly, however, psychologists are realizing this is wrong. Expers have proposed tha procrastination is an isue will onging our emotion on out. The aers har puting offs making a fel bad pete moment, we standin re te one watching videos on Youtube or browsing Instagram. abour failing - and to make ourselves fel beter in the moment, we star doing somehing c, a A survey of thousands of people by Jessica Myrick at indiana University confirmed procaining a a common motive for viewing cat videos and that watching them led to a bost in a positive mot 1's not that people hadn't adequately scheduled time for watching the videos. Often they can, watching the clips to make themselves feel better when they should have been doing something tes 15 less fun. Myrick's research also highlighted another emotional aspect to procrastination: many di those surveyed felt guilty after watching the cat videos. While the videos might have brough shot. term relief, the procrastinators knew they only stored up problems for later. Studies have also shown chronic procrastination is associated with a host of adverse mental and physical health consequences, including anxiety and depression, poor health such as colds and flu, 20 and even more serious conditions like cardiovascular disease. Procrastination has these adverse consequences through two routes. First, it's stressful to keep putting off important tasks and failing to accomplish your goals, and second, the procrastination often involves delaying important health behaviors, such as taking up exercise or visiting the doctor. If you find prioritizing tasks and making schedules are not enough to stop yourself from procrastinating, you may think about increasing your "psychological flexibility" — that is, being able to tolerate uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. And most importantly, try getting started no matter what.