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Why we procrastinate and what to do about it, with Fuschia Sirois, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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Procrastination Can Have Real Health Consequences

People who chronically procrastinate also tend to put off engaging in those health promoting behaviors that would really help their health overall. People who scored higher on a measure of chronic procrastination were more likely to be in the group that had poor heart health. So either short term health impacts, but there's also some more serious long term health impacts as well.

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