You’ll Start Tomorrow. You Said That Last Year.

There's a little packet of seeds on your windowsill. You've been meaning to plant it for about a year. An animated story about procrastination: the five lies that keep you saying "tomorrow", what the research actually says about putting things off, and the smallest way to start today. 0:00 The packet on your windowsill 0:43 Lie #1: You'll feel more like it tomorrow 1:59 Lie #2: Start on Monday 3:08 Lie #3: You work better under pressure 4:13 Lie #4: You're so lazy 5:23 Lie #5: There's always more time 6:32 Today Try it today: pick the thing you've been saving for tomorrow and do the smallest piece of it. Two minutes counts. What's your packet on the windowsill? Tell me in the comments. Sources Tice, D. M., Bratslavsky, E., & Baumeister, R. F. (2001). Emotional distress regulation takes precedence over impulse control: If you feel bad, do it! Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80(1), 53–67. Sirois, F., & Pychyl, T. (2013). Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7(2), 115–127. Dai, H., Milkman, K. L., & Riis, J. (2014). The fresh start effect. Management Science, 60(10), 2563–2582. Buehler, R., Griffin, D., & Ross, M. (1994). Exploring the "planning fallacy". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67(3), 366–381. Tice, D. M., & Baumeister, R. F. (1997). Longitudinal study of procrastination, performance, stress, and health. Psychological Science, 8(6), 454–458. Wohl, M. J. A., Pychyl, T. A., & Bennett, S. H. (2010). I forgive myself, now I can study. Personality and Individual Differences, 48(7), 803–808. Avni-Babad, D., & Ritov, I. (2003). Routine and the perception of time. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 132(4), 543–550. Ersner-Hershfield, H., Wimmer, G. E., & Knutson, B. (2009). Saving for the future self. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 4(1), 85–92. Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2006). Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 69–119. Narration: ElevenLabs. Shadow voice synthesized with Piper TTS using the LibriTTS voice model (CC BY 4.0). Font: Comic Neue (SIL Open Font License). Animation, music & sound effects: original. #procrastination #howtostopprocrastinating #psychology #animation #selfimprovement #productivity #motivation