Procrastinators, Self-Imposed Deadlines Won't Save You — mashable.com

The chronic procrastinators of the world know that the struggle to find a way to get themselves motivated is real. We block distracting websites. We try meticulous to-do lists to help us prioritize the tasks we don’t really want to do. And — perhaps most commonly — we give ourselves fake deadlines to pressure ourselves into doing said tasks. Well, I’ve got some bad news for you. Recent research suggests that self-imposed deadlines simply don’t work.

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