Why Do I Procrastinate? - Web MD for Procrastination

Hi Product Hunt! 👋 Procrastination is a big issue for me -- I find it difficult to finish up work and be consistently productive. One of the best books I've read about this, one that's really helped me, is The Procrastination Equation, which identifies the individual components of procrastination and distils it down to a mathematical equation. However, it's difficult to remember everything the book says, and apply that knowledge to a specific task in front of you. So I made an interactive quiz to identify what's causing your procrastination, and give you suggestions to fix it as well. Thanks to @abadesi, @leandro8209, @annchichii, @mhrnik, @keyul and others from the Women in Tech space for the cheers, encouragement and feedback 🙏 I'd love to hear if it helps you! 😃

I sometimes proscratinate when I'm stressed and this tool allows me to better understand the causes. The main reason according to Why Do I Procrastinate Is Too Much Impulsiveness. I have to fix this and I already found that tasks that feed my imagination let me be more focused so when I do something boring I try to think about my long term goals and all the creativity I will find on the road. It's helpful to put words on these kinds of issues.

Pros:

Help me better understand myself and why I react the way I do.

Cons:

None.

Saved to look at this later. :)

Its a good way of doing some introspection and forcing yourself to confront the reasons why you're procrastinating. It also explains the reasons why you're doing it so you can control it and suggests ways to overcome it.

Pros:

Gave me suggestions for how I can do better.

Cons:

Would love for the quiz section to have more visual aids / images.

This is great, @manasvinik. What are you planning to do with this next? I could imagine introducing a way for users to opt-in to getting prompted to complete the task X days later to help with accountability and re-engage those people for their next procrastination moment.

I like to see concrete ways to help me not procrastinate anymore.

Pros:

It's quick to do the test and the result is interesting... and accurate! :)

Cons:

Be able to save the result (export as PDF?) since I accidentally closed the window.

If you were honest while answering the quiz, you'd get an accurate answer. Really helped me out!

Pros:

Accurate

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None for

Webmd for procrastination? So it'll just tell you that you have brain cancer and that's why you're procrastinating

I gave this a quick whirl and it actually got me thinking about why I was procrastinating.

Pros:

Gave me insight into my procrastination

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None

Being a professor I teach the same to my students..

http://ekeeda.com/streamdetails/...

Pros:

Motivating

Cons:

Dint find any

I need this in my life and I think so many other people do as well. Thanks for making this product @manasvinik.