Procrastination Isn't Laziness; It's an Alibi to Be Avoided
Psychology Today | 22.10.2026 22:17
Every October, 20 million procrastinating Americans run up against a self-imposed deadline. October 15 is the tax-filing deadline for taxpayers who requested an extra six months to file their annual income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (Gore, 2026). Plenty of extension filers had perfectly good reasons to request more time. But if you spent the second week of October scrambling for a missing 1099 at midnight or frantically find yourself stumbling toward an important deadline, you probably don’t realize why this deferral tactic happens over and over.
