Christopher Null

Getting things done is hard. It requires serious, daily effort. This article finally puts that struggle into words and explains why procrastination is such a damning problem for so many people — all by using people’s Netflix queues as scientific data. It’d be easy to make an “I’ll read it later” joke, but I’d never take the easy out. Besides, Jersey Shore is on.

In a nutshell:

The Misconception: You procrastinate because you are lazy and can’t manage your time well.

The Truth: Procrastination is fueled by weakness in the face of impulse and a failure to think about thinking.