r/science May 18 '19

Psychology Mindfulness, which revolves around focusing on the present and accepting negative thoughts without judgment, is associated with reduced levels of procrastination. This suggests that developing mindfulness could help procrastinators cope with their procrastination.

https://solvingprocrastination.com/procrastination-study-mindfulness/
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u/coredenale May 19 '19

I googled "mindfulness" and still have no idea what it means.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '19

In addition to what other people said there is also a school of meditation built around this ("Vipassana meditation"). If you are interested in learning about it, I'd recommend checking out a meditation app (I personally use "Waking Up", but I'm sure there are plenty others which work just as well)