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If you want to overcome procrastination, you'll have to ​get at the roots of your particular procrastination before attempting one of the methods for overcoming it.

By Kyle Crocco, Writing Peer
Monday, May 23rd, 2016 - 12:39pm


If you're a grad student, you probably have procrastinated a little. In fact, you might be reading this article instead of doing the work you ​should be doing. While procrastination won't kill you (usually), it can put you in some ​stressful situations. If you want to overcome procrastination, you'll have to ​first get at the root cause before attempting one of the methods for overcoming it.

Here are three ​articles that will ​help you pinpoint your problem area and offer answers to your dilemmas.

Procrastination Handout from UNC Chapel Writing Center

7 Ways to Smash Procrastination

Breaking the Perfectionism/Procrastination Loop