Procrastination and time management in grad school | Episode 4

In our fourth episode, Sarah and Becca talk about time management and procrastination! They also:

• discuss whether time management and procrastination are the same thing or different
• discuss why we may think poorly of ourselves when we procrastinate in grad school
• review research on how often grad students procrastinate and why they do it
• answer a reader question on how to make the most of your time in grad school

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Show notes:

Rahimi, S., Hall, N.C. Why are you waiting? Procrastination on academic tasks among undergraduate and graduate students. Innovative Higher Education, 46, 759–776 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10755-021-09563-9 Wolters, C.A., Won, S. & Hussain, M. Examining the relations of time management and procrastination within a model of self-regulated learning. Metacognition and Learning, 12, 381–399 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-017-9174-1This podcast features the song “Furry Friends” by Scott Holmes Music available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license.

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