“You may delay, but time will not.”
― Benjamin Franklin

Procrastination certainly isn't a new problem that many of us face, but it sure is becoming easier to do it with the many daily distractions literally at our fingertips.

I had my own run-in with procrastination recently (wasn't the first and I'm sure it won't be my last) and as I often do...I got curious about why humans do this.

I began to look at my own patterns with procrastination and then turned to the very definition of the word and this is where I totally geeked out...Stay with me for a second...

The word originated from the Latin verb procrastinare — which means to put off until tomorrow. Digging deeper, I found that it is also derived from the Greek word akrasia- which is acting against one's better judgment.

This is where it started to get interesting for me.

According to the research of Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at DePaul University, as many as 20% of people may be chronic procrastinators.

So why a...