Putting something off can trigger a downward negative spiral. But a recent study suggests that being kind to yourself can help you achieve your goals.
Low self-compassion, high stress
Fuschia M. Sirois of Bishop’s University in Canada examined whether self-compassion—kindness and understanding toward one’s self in response to pain or failure
— could be related to procrastination and the stress and suffering that procrastination causes.
By Linda Graham
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