Quotes: Procrastination

1. To put off until another day or time; to defer; to delay.
2. To postpone or delay needlessly.
3. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.

Procrastination or "task aversion" is the irrational delay of an intended course of action, even while expecting a situation to be worse off for the delay.

The procrastinator deviates from the task, usually in favor of another more enjoyable (or less unenjoyable) activity. The word procrastination comes from Latin procrastinatus: pro-, "forward" and crastinus, "tomorrow".

Procrastination is usually caused by the association of pain or discomfort with the prospective course of action; that is, some form of stress. This may be physical; such as, that experienced during hard labor or vigorous exercise or psychological; such as, in the form of frustration or anxiety.

The task or the situation requiring the task may be perceived as overwhelming, difficult, tedious, or boring; basically, unenjoyable and therefore, stressful.

1. The act of procrastinating; putting off, delaying, or deferring an action to a later time.
2. The consequence of not getting around to doing something, maybe.
3. Other applicable words: prolongation, protraction, retarding, retardation, shelving, deferring, pigeonholing, neglecting, moratorium, and evasion.

Procrastination is said to take place because a person is disorganized, not very dutiful (careful to fulfill obligations), and is probably impulsive.