Also known as procrastinate, putting off
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so. It is a common human experience involving delays in everyday chores or even putting off tasks such as attending an appointment, submitting a job report or academic assignment, or broaching a stressful issue with a partner. It is often perceived as a negative trait due to its hindering effect on one's productivity, associated with depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy. However, it can also be considered a wise response to c
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily delaying tasks despite knowing it could have negative consequences, and it's a common experience that affects everything from everyday chores to important deadlines like job reports or medical appointments. It matters because it can harm your productivity and is often linked to depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
via PubMed
via Wikidata · CC0
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).