What is Procrastination?

Procrastination is when you know you should do something now, but you choose to do it later instead.

Imagine you have a toy you really want to build. You have all the pieces in front of you, and you even remember how it goes together. But instead of starting right away, you decide to eat your snack first, or watch one more episode of your favorite show. That’s procrastination, choosing something fun now over something important later.

Sometimes, the thing you need to do feels hard or boring. Like cleaning up your room before bedtime. You know it’ll make you feel good in the morning, but right then, it just feels like work. So instead of doing it, you decide to play with your doll for a little longer.

It’s kind of like when you have a big pile of blocks, and you know you should stack them neatly, but you pick up the red one and say, “I’ll do that later.”

Procrastination isn’t bad, it just means you’re choosing what feels good right now instead of what feels good later.