Procrastinate? You May Hate Your Home
Do you have too much stuff ? That may be the reason you're always late for meetings. Believe it or not, a new study has shown that people who have too many material things aren't just greedy. They're procrastinators , too. It shows a high correlation between procrastinating, and well, clutter. According to newswise.com, the more stuff you have, the more likely you are to be a procrastinator. Why? An overabundance of “stuff” can have a detrimental effect on a person’s mental health and disrupt their sense of home, says procrastination researcher Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at DePaul University. Ferrari and co-authors investigated the connection between procrastination and clutter and discovered that chronic procrastination can lead to problems with clutter in the home. Ferrari's previous research determined that procrastination has many causes and consequences and that it’s different from delay, pausing, waiting, pondering or prioritizing. ...