Productive Procrastination is Ruining Your Life: Here’s How to Stop It

Jack Ross
6 min readNov 7, 2023

I’ve always been the type of person to wait until the very last second to start a project with a deadline. Didn’t matter if it was school work, a personal project, or even just cleaning my room. If there was a deadline, I was going to procrastinate.

For some people, this is a MAJOR problem. But not for me…

I somehow always managed to get things done just before the clock ran out. For years I thought I was just more efficient than other people, that I worked well under pressure, and that I didn’t need a long time to get a project completed.

But what I didn’t know is that this was secretly ruining my life and if this sounds like you… There’s a pretty good chance it’s ruining your life too.

What is Productive Procrastination?

Productive Procrastination:

When you ignore your most important task (either subconsciously or on purpose) and instead work on other, easier tasks that make you feel like you’re being productive.

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Jack Ross

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