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by Pick-A-Hill2019 2082 days ago
To quote from [1] "....the momentary relief we feel when procrastinating is actually what makes the cycle especially vicious. In the immediate present, putting off a task provides relief — “you’ve been rewarded for procrastinating,” Dr. Sirois said. And we know from basic behaviorism that when we’re rewarded for something, we tend to do it again. This is precisely why procrastination tends not to be a one-off behavior, but a cycle, one that easily becomes a chronic habit."

Sometimes understanding the 'why' helps us to solve the 'how'

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smarter-living/why-you-pr... (posted to HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19482238 in 2019)

[2] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/20160...