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Posted on 8 March 2021

Do you tidy, check emails or constantly find ways to distract yourself from your work?

The pressures of university life can encourage procrastination and form mental blocks between you and starting work.

• Do you find it difficult to start a piece of work?
• Does a nagging guilt spoil your leisure time?
• Do you dream about handing in that 'perfect' piece of work?
• Are you very self-critical about your ability to work?
• Do you always find yourself panicking at the last minute?
• Do you feel drained yet have nothing to show for it?

Explore the causes of procrastination and look at practical ways to overcome putting things off.

Read our tips to beat procrastination

Book your place on this week’s ‘Pushing through procrastination’ workshop

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