BBC: Claudia Hammond investigates Body dysmorphic disorder and asks if social media can really cause Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She also talks to the psychologist who explains why describing events in terms of the number of days away they are, rather than years could help prevent people procrastinating. Listen to More
TIME: Human nature being what it is, probably the best strategy to ensure you’ll sock money away and achieve long-term savings goals is to involve your fickle, easily distracted brain as little as possible. As renowned economist Richard Thaler explained in a recent Q&A with MONEY, it’s very difficult for humans More
The Atlantic: Procrastination is, in essence, stealing from yourself. The reason goals are so hard to reach, many psychologists think, is because each person believes they are really two people: Present Me and Future Me. And to most people, Future Me is much less important than Present Me. Present Me is More
La Stampa: Per ritrovare la forma fisica, programmare le visite di controllo o realizzare un importante progetto sono necessari giorni, settimane e, a volte, mesi di lavoro. Per questo motivo, le imprese di lungo periodo sono così difficili da compiere. La tendenza a procrastinare è in agguato. Un trucco per More
Big Think: When given the choice, we often choose our present needs over the needs of our future selves. In fact, a recent study indicates that we see our future selves as a stranger — we don’t care what happens to them down the line. Even though we probably should. More
Measuring time in days instead of months, or months instead of years, can make future events seem closer and thus more urgent. More
