Beating yourself up about procrastinating makes it worse. Now the task carries the original dread plus the shame of avoiding it. You've made the emot… - Kpaxs

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Beating yourself up about procrastinating makes it worse. Now the task carries the original dread plus the shame of avoiding it. You've made the emotion heavier, so of course you avoid harder.

Self-forgiveness reduces future procrastination. Being kind to yourself is strategically correct.

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Pseudonymous reader and writer based in Paris. Posts as @Kpaxs on X and publishes the Three Times Wiser Substack. Real name not publicly disclosed.

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