iProcrastinate Podcast
Why we procrastinate and what we can do about it.
 
Not All Delay is Procrastination

An interview with Mohsen Haghbin about his doctoral research that defined six types of delay, only two of which are procrastination. This is an important new series of studies that help us conceptualize delay in our lives.

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The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com

Direct download: Types_of_Delay.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 9:24am EDT

Procrastination and Media Use as Escapism

An interview with Sarah Kohler (University of Muenster, Germany) on media use, escapism and procrastination. Sarah presents the results of one of her studies and explains how media provides escape in our lives. She argues that some of this escape, but not all, may be considered procrastination. Given the ubiquity of media in our lives, this is an important topic to consider.

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The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com

Direct download: Escapism.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 1:52pm EDT

Imagine your future self

An interview with Eve-Marie Blouin-Hudon (Carleton University) about her research on how imagining future self through guided meditation can decrease procrastination.

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The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com

Direct download: Imagining_Future_Self.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 6:50pm EDT

Procrastinators can still get to heaven

An interview with Dr. Clarry Lay (Emeritus, York University) author of Procrastinators (and Others) Can Still Get to Heaven: A Guide to Directed Everyday Living. We discuss the importance of goals, identifying prescribed behaviors to meet these goals and the centrality of our obligation to the scheduling of these behaviors in order to fulfill our potential.

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The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com

Direct download: Directed_Everyday_Living.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 9:57pm EDT

Cleaning to Procrastinate

Do you ever clean the house, a desk, your garage, whatever instead of doing a more important task? You're not alone. One of our latest research projects helps us understand why we make this choice.

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The closing song is by singer, songwriter Matt Weidinger - check him out at mattweidinger.com

Direct download: Cleaning_to_procrastinate.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 10:59am EDT