The Science Behind Why You Procrastinate

Start building new skills with two free months of unlimited classes on Skillshare: http://skl.sh/thomasfrank18 Huge thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video! Want to stop procrastinating so much? The first step is to learn exactly WHY you procrastinate - why your brain loves to put off important work in favor of instant gratification. In this first installment of a 3-part mini-series, we'll be digging into the science of procrastination. Watch the other two videos in this series: 6 Steps to Stop Procrastinating NOW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilwork_mktE How to Break Your Procrastination Habit (For Good) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YokGiK29k74 Read our Ultimate Procrastination Guide: https://collegeinfogeek.com/how-to-stop-procrastinating/ Get my book "10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades" FREE: https://collegeinfogeek.com/get-better-grades/ Follow Me: Instagram ➔ https://instagram.com/tomfrankly Twitter ➔ https://twitter.com/tomfrankly Podcast ➔ https://www.youtube.com/TheCollegeInfoGeekPodcast Subscribe to My Channel: http://buff.ly/1vQP5ar Sources: Temporal Motivation Theory: Formula or Folly? - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dont-delay/200803/temporal-motivation-theory-formula-or-folly Procrastination and the Priority of Short‐Term Mood Regulation: Consequences for Future Self - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/spc3.12011 Academic procrastination in college students: The role of self-reported executive function - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13803395.2010.518597 The Structural and Functional Signature of Action Control - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797618779380 What Does Mindfulness Meditation Do to Your Brain? - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/what-does-mindfulness-meditation-do-to-your-brain/ Longitudinal Study of Procrastination, Performance, Stress, and Health: The Costs and Benefits of Dawdling - https://www.jstor.org/stable/40063233 My Video Gear: h