[sytelus]

Chronic procrastination can also be result of degraded metabolism. This physical issue is often ignored a lot. A component of metabolism is genetic but rest is sustained by body’s anticipated need to perform work. When you procrastinate, you are driving yourself into low energy activities (ex infinite scrolling). The body starts getting adapt to low energy state. There is less need to produce more energy so metabolism shifts into lower gear. You feel need to put aside real work and get on to infinite scrolling because you physically feel tired, drowsy, washed out. You hope that bit of procrastination (aka “rest”) will get your energy levels up again and you will make up with your time. This obviously doesn’t happen. This is recursive cycle leading to chronic procrastination and will happen regardless of your interest in real work. For many people, genetic component is dominant enough that they would never see this effect. However, 40+ population, where metabolism starts declining, is most vulnerable to this. The only way out in this case is literally force yourself with a lot of will power (or have friends or mentor do it for you). No other tricks described here works if chronic procrastination is occurring due to physical biology.

[vilaca]

Low energy levels are often caused by depression, which is common in the anxious.

[galaktus]

procrastination and degraded metabolism didnt deliver me results in Google. Do you have any sources?

[Wohlf]

It may be easier to search for how it relates to ADHD, the results are generally applicable imo just less severe.