It helps us overcome ignorance, folly, procrastination, forgetfulness, sluggishness, etc.
en.wikipedia.org As such, self-report measures of procrastination, on which the majority of the literature is based, may not be the most appropriate measure to use in all cases.
en.wikipedia.org Because perfection in the majority of human activities is neither desirable, nor possible, this cognitive distortion creates self-doubt, performance anxiety and ultimately procrastination.
en.wikipedia.org Other behavior such as procrastination may lead to less effective counterfactual thinking.
en.wikipedia.org The pleasure principle may be responsible for procrastination; one may prefer to avoid negative emotions, and to delay stressful tasks.
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