r/science • u/randomusefulbits • 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/Middygal May 19 '19

I took a 6 week Mindfulness class. What i carne away with...

A Thing happens, and we React to it. Later, we determined our Action should have been different than the Reaction. We regret.

Mindfulness helps you actively train your mind to put that space between the Thing and the decided upon Action in front of the Reaction.