UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone

Pre-UFYB 1: One and Done: How to Stop Procrastinating

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Apr 19, 2017

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ANECDOTE

Sunday Blues From Last-Minute Work

Kara Loewentheil describes Sunday paralysis from years of last-minute work that ruined her weekends.
She remembers writing 30-page college papers and outlining law school classes the night before exams.

ANECDOTE

Procrastination Taught In The Family

Kara recalls growing up around lawyers and internalizing last-minute work as normal behavior.
She continued procrastinating through college, law school, and various legal careers until learning coaching tools.

INSIGHT

Procrastination Is A Lizard-Brain Response

Procrastination is driven by a primitive 'lizard brain' stress response that seeks avoidance.
The prefrontal cortex can plan, but the lizard brain triggers hormones that make you flee from perceived threats like work.

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