9 stories tagged procrastination, newest first.
522 points by prakhar897 | 176 comments
A personal blog post by Prakhar Gupta arguing that only actually doing the work counts, and that thinking or planning about it is not the same as doing it.
430 points by downboots | 196 comments
A short essay listing activities like preparing, scheduling, and making to-do lists that feel productive but are not actually doing the thing.
425 points by ipnon | 150 comments
John Perry's classic 1995 essay describing structured procrastination, a strategy for getting work done by putting off other, more important tasks.
409 points by amrrs | 211 comments
A personal essay by Fernando Borretti on managing ADHD, divided into high-level strategies and micro-level tactics for tricking yourself into productivity.
1127 points by laurieherault | 567 comments
Personal blog post by Laurie Hérault on using a thermal receipt printer to print to-do tasks, drawing on video game psychology to beat procrastination.
396 points by WaitWaitWha | 159 comments
IEEE Spectrum guest article by Taro founder Rahul Pandey on building systems to overcome procrastination and stay consistently productive.
528 points by swapxstar | 220 comments
A personal blog post by Swapnil Chauhan reflecting on how procrastination with reading and writing stems from fear of not being good enough.
581 points by EndXA | 189 comments
An article on the Solving Procrastination site explaining how perfectionism and procrastination are connected and how to address them.
469 points by duck | 201 comments
A One Thing Better newsletter post by Jason Feifer on how to tackle tasks or ideas you've been avoiding, questioning whether there's a good reason to avoid them.