Thank you for joining us for episode 418 of Live Happy Now.

If you're a procrastinator or your life is affected by someone else who is, then this week's

episode is for you.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and this week I'm talking with Sherry Fisher, director of the

coaching practice, learn and flourish, and a best-selling

author, speaker, and workshop facilitator. She's here today to talk about why we procrastinate,

how it affects our well-being, and what we can do about it. Let's have a listen. Sherry, thank you so

much for coming on Live Happy Now. I'm excited to be here. It's very nice to meet you.

This is a conversation I wanted to have for a few months now because I get your newsletter,

which we will tell people how to sign up for it because it's a fantastic newsletter.

And you did a great series on procrastination. And so it's ironic that it took me so long

to get you on the show after you did procrastination. And so it's ironic that it took me so long to get you on the show after you did

procrastination. But I wanted to find out, first of all, just kind of set a baseline. How big a problem

is procrastination in the world today? I don't have an exact number for you, but most people procrastinate

about something, sometimes. And people who say that they

procrastinate chronically, so college students, for example, 90% of them, that's a number I have for

you, they say that they procrastinate chronically and when it comes to assignments. But adults in

general will make wish lists of things that they're going to do

that they just don't ever get to checking off the little boxes for.

And if you look at the things that those people avoid doing,

it's a lot of consistent things that they don't do.

So procrastination is a big problem.

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