Procrastination: Is There a “Cure”?  ProcrastinationWhat would
you say if I told you that I delayed the writing of this article
until the very last minute, that is, until the deadline for
submission made it impossible for me to avoid sitting down and
getting it done? You would no doubt say that I am a
procrastinator – and maybe you would be right! Procrastinating
is a common problem in our society yet very few people know
where it comes from and how it can affect mental health.  What
is procrastination?  Scientific explorations of procrastination
do not abound, but some interesting work has nonetheless been
carried out.  In 1995, Schouwenburg defined procrastination as
the behaviour of postponing tasks, describing this behaviour as
dilatory, needless and counterproductive. This rather
straightforward definition, although completely right, is even
better understood when enhanced with additional concepts.
Solomon and Rothblum, for instance, characterized
procrastination in 1984 as the act of needlessly delaying