THE-MINDMAPIST

  Procrastination: Harmless or Harmful? Whether you’re a student or a grown-up doing a 9 to 5 job, you’ve probably procrastinated at some point in your life. It is indeed completely okay to take your time to work – no need to rush it. It is also true that the amount of productivity you engage in does not define your self-worth. However, while it might not seem a life-threatening hindrance, procrastination doesn’t just delay work, but it also makes one question themselves and dislike themselves in the longer run. People who consider themselves to be procrastinators have been found to have poorer health and financial stability. If you’re a serial procrastinator, likely, you don’t have a very high opinion of yourself. Procrastinators are likely to see themselves as lazy people. But is that all there is to it? Do human beings simply procrastinate because they’re lazy? The answer is: no. Just like most of the phenomena we possess in our behavior as human beings, procrastination is c...