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Procrastination

As We are more associative than structured, our brain associates things we don't like as pain. Thus, we have the tendency to avert to them as much as possible including distracting ourselves with social media, upholding activities for tomorrow, and doing unrelated things.

Procrastination is a habitual problem. It is a negative habit that rewards you for doing nothing thus can be compared to addiction. Furthermore, it leads into the habit of cramming and you'll know from The basics of memory that the Learning process does take time to settle.

There are ways to fight against this: