"You see, procrastinators tend to be people who have, for whatever reason, developed to perceive an unusually strong association between their performance and t

"You see, procrastinators tend to be people who have, for whatever reason, developed to perceive an unusually strong association between their performance and their value as a person. This makes failure or criticism disproportionately painful, which leads naturally to hesitancy when it comes to the prospect of doing anything that reflects their ability — which is pretty much everything." What's most cutting reading that paragraph is how true it is, and how much of my self-worth I feel diminished by admitting that. I've got better recently, but that post really hit home.