Consult a legal and financial professional who can help you make the proper changes. Make sure that your wishes are reflected in your insurance retirement plan beneficiary designations. If you put off today what you can do tomorrow, you are not alone in practicing the ancient method of time management called procrastination. Everybody procrastinates at some point in life, but it becomes a big problem when it takes over to the point that it affects your behavior and your health, said Deborah Thomason, Clemson Extension Service Family and Youth Development Specialist. Procrastination is a bad habit with a variety of causes.
Behavioral patterns are one cause.
For some people, just getting started on a task seems just about impossible. To a physicist its like inertia - a mass at rest tends to stay at rest. Greater forces are required to start change than to sustain change. Perfectionism is also a reason for delay. When people are afraid things won t get done perfectly, they either put them off, review or redo them, preventing them from finishing on time.