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S T O P/ S TA R T

UNFINISHED
BUSINESS

Commit to doing a task and it's not just your work life you're helping
words by AL EX HA RRI S

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photography by MA X O P P E N H E IM

e've all been there: current you
leaves mounting deadlines to future
you but a week later, you are future
you. Panic ignites your gut and you realise
with sweat-inducing clarity you're no more
in the mood for putting together a 50-slide
presentation than the week previous. Only
caffeine will get you through this self-sabotage.
In other words, you procrastinated. To
behavioural economists, that means you
signed a mental contract which valued
immediate pleasure (doing sweet FA) over
long-term success (doing work). Other
academics would say you're just not very

good at managing your priorities. Both camps
would, in their own ways, be correct. But to
a growing number of experts who study the
health implications of procrastination, your
mental gymnastics might be down to much
deeper emotional triggers. What's more, their
research shows task-avoidance could be both
symptomatic of, and responsible for, a whole
host of maladies - from chronic stress and its
secondary ailments (tension headaches, IBS,
insomnia) to potentially fatal diseases.
We won't skirt the point: chronic
procrastination could take years off your
life and negatively affect its quality on

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