Don't Delay

Understanding procrastination and how to achieve our goals.

Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. is an associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he specializes in the study of procrastination. See full bio

June 7, 2008, Procrastination

Comments on "Goal progress and happiness"

Goal progress and happiness

By Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. on June 7, 2008 in Don't Delay

Sometimes things aren't just moving slowly. They're not moving at all. What are the effects of lack of progress in our goal pursuit?

great article - just what I needed

Submitted by Cici on April 9, 2009 - 5:49am.

Yes! I agree. I have planned about 2 weeks of time lately, to ensure I finish my taxes. Yesterday I fought with computer problems all day and "didn't want to" work on the taxes. I said to myself, "just get started" and dove in. I ended up working on it about twice as long as I'd anticipated, because I was so excited with my progress!

At a good stopping point, for my fun reward, I searched psychology today for something to read and found your articles about working with technology and later this one. I've enjoyed all of your articles and plan to read more.