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So if you were to look back in your past, when do you remember procrastination first being a problem for you? Sixth grade. Oh, yeah?

Yeah, I was thinking about this. There was a book report. I was supposed to read some book and I just

didn't want to and I just put it off and it was, you know, my teacher, there was nothing anyone could do to make

me read this book. And I was, you know, a pretty good there was nothing anyone could do to make me read this book.

And I was, you know, a pretty good student.

But, yeah, that's the first time I was like, absolutely not.

I'm not doing this for no good reason.

Welcome to how to.

I'm Charles Duhigg.

This week we're talking with a listener who has a problem that particularly right now can be really tough.

Procrastination.

With lots of us working from home, putting things off can feel especially easy because there's so many things on our minds and there's fewer coworkers around to hold us accountable.

But the thing about procrastination is it can make us feel even more stressed.

And as our listener this week knows quite well, it can also stand in the way of achieving our

dreams.

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