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The deadlines we set ourselves: what Dan Ariely’s proofreading experiment showed

If you were given the freedom to decide when to hand in three assignments, would you leave them all for the last day? Many people choose intermediate deadlines themselves. But not always the right ones.

3 November 2026 / 5 min read

Procrastination is not laziness: how to understand it and how to stop it

Most people who put off a task are not lazy. Often they are avoiding a feeling: boredom, uncertainty, fear of failure. That changes how we should deal with it.

3 November 2026 / 5 min read