[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":751},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-article-en-structured-procrastination":3,"blog-candidates-en-structured-procrastination":595,"mdc-a7s3n8-key":703,"mdc--k2ikai-key":715,"mdc-lm6huj-key":724,"footer-articles-en":733},{"slug":4,"path":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"description":8,"image":9,"date":10,"tags":11,"author":14,"body":17,"tldr":570,"faqs":571,"translations":593,"readingTime":594,"dateModified":593},"structured-procrastination","/blog/en/structured-procrastination","Structured Procrastination: A Counterintuitive Strategy That Works","How to harness your avoidance instinct and make procrastination productive","Learn how structured procrastination turns your avoidance habit into a productivity tool. Discover the science, the method, and how to apply it to your study routine.","/images/structured-procrastination.png","2026-02-08",[12,13],"Motivation","Study Techniques",{"name":15,"image":16},"Lukas von Hohnhorst","/images/lukas.jpg",{"type":18,"value":19,"toc":534},"minimark",[20,24,27,31,37,40,43,47,50,55,58,61,66,79,85,92,97,99,103,106,110,113,209,212,216,219,224,228,235,238,241,243,247,250,254,257,276,280,283,287,290,293,295,299,302,306,309,315,320,324,327,331,338,344,346,350,353,357,365,368,372,375,379,383,386,390,393,401,403,407,418,422,430,434,442,446,449,452,454,458,461,465,468,476,479,483,485,489,492,526,529,532],[21,22,23],"p",{},"You have an organic chemistry exam in ten days. You should be reviewing reaction mechanisms. Instead, you've written a flawless essay for your English class, organized your entire note system, and completed three problem sets for statistics. You've been phenomenally productive--just not on the thing that matters most.",[21,25,26],{},"Sound familiar? Here's the counterintuitive truth: that behavior isn't a bug. It might be a feature.",[28,29,30],"side-note",{},"\nPhilosopher John Perry of Stanford University first described structured procrastination in a 1996 essay that later won an Ig Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011. His core insight: procrastinators aren't lazy. They're busy doing the wrong things--and that tendency can be harnessed.\n",[21,32,33],{},[34,35],"img",{"alt":36,"src":9},"Structured procrastination as a study technique",[21,38,39],{},"Most anti-procrastination advice follows the same formula: stop avoiding the hard thing and just do it. That advice is about as useful as telling someone with insomnia to \"just fall asleep.\" It ignores the psychological reality of how procrastination actually works.",[21,41,42],{},"Structured procrastination takes a radically different approach. Instead of fighting your avoidance instinct, you redirect it. The result? You get an enormous amount done--even on days when you can't bring yourself to face your most intimidating task.",[44,45,46],"pull-quote",{},"\nThe procrastinator can be motivated to do difficult, timely, and important tasks--as long as these tasks are a way of not doing something more important.\n",[48,49],"hr",{},[51,52,54],"h2",{"id":53},"how-structured-procrastination-works","How structured procrastination works",[21,56,57],{},"The concept is deceptively simple. You maintain a list of tasks ranked by importance and urgency. When you can't bring yourself to work on the top-priority item, you don't scroll social media or watch YouTube. Instead, you work on the second item on the list. Or the third. Or the fourth.",[21,59,60],{},"The magic is that your brain treats any task as more appealing when it's an alternative to something you're dreading. That statistics problem set you've been putting off for a week? Suddenly it feels almost pleasant when the alternative is staring at organic chemistry mechanisms.",[62,63,65],"h3",{"id":64},"the-psychology-behind-it","The psychology behind it",[21,67,68,69,73,74,78],{},"Structured procrastination works because of a principle called ",[70,71,72],"strong",{},"task substitution",". When your brain resists a specific task, it doesn't resist ",[75,76,77],"em",{},"all"," work--it resists that particular task. The avoidance is targeted, not generalized. This means you have productive energy available; it's just misdirected.",[80,81,84],"info-box",{"type":82,"title":83},"info","Why procrastinators aren't lazy","\nResearch consistently shows that procrastinators work just as many hours as non-procrastinators--they just distribute those hours differently. The problem isn't effort; it's allocation. Structured procrastination addresses this by making the allocation intentional.\n",[21,86,87,88,91],{},"Traditional advice tells you to eliminate procrastination. Structured procrastination tells you to ",[75,89,90],{},"use"," it. Rather than waging war against a deeply ingrained psychological pattern, you turn the pattern to your advantage. You're still procrastinating on one thing--but everything else on your list moves forward.",[93,94],"stats-box",{"number":95,"label":96},"87%","of students report being productive on secondary tasks while avoiding their primary assignment",[48,98],{},[51,100,102],{"id":101},"setting-up-your-structured-procrastination-system","Setting up your structured procrastination system",[21,104,105],{},"Structured procrastination requires a specific setup to work. Without structure, it degenerates into regular procrastination--avoiding hard tasks by doing easy, unimportant ones.",[62,107,109],{"id":108},"step-1-create-a-ranked-task-list","Step 1: Create a ranked task list",[21,111,112],{},"Write down everything you need to accomplish, then rank the items by a combination of importance and dread. The task that triggers the most resistance goes at the top. Below it, list other genuinely important tasks in descending order of difficulty.",[114,115,116,135],"table",{},[117,118,119],"thead",{},[120,121,122,126,129,132],"tr",{},[123,124,125],"th",{},"Priority",[123,127,128],{},"Task",[123,130,131],{},"Deadline",[123,133,134],{},"Dread level",[136,137,138,153,167,181,195],"tbody",{},[120,139,140,144,147,150],{},[141,142,143],"td",{},"1",[141,145,146],{},"Organic chemistry review (exam)",[141,148,149],{},"Feb 18",[141,151,152],{},"Extreme",[120,154,155,158,161,164],{},[141,156,157],{},"2",[141,159,160],{},"English essay final draft",[141,162,163],{},"Feb 14",[141,165,166],{},"High",[120,168,169,172,175,178],{},[141,170,171],{},"3",[141,173,174],{},"Statistics problem set",[141,176,177],{},"Feb 12",[141,179,180],{},"Moderate",[120,182,183,186,189,192],{},[141,184,185],{},"4",[141,187,188],{},"Biology lab report cleanup",[141,190,191],{},"Feb 15",[141,193,194],{},"Low",[120,196,197,200,203,206],{},[141,198,199],{},"5",[141,201,202],{},"Reorganize semester notes",[141,204,205],{},"Ongoing",[141,207,208],{},"Minimal",[21,210,211],{},"The critical requirement: items 2 through 5 must be genuinely important. If your secondary tasks are trivial (cleaning your room, reorganizing your bookshelf), you're not practicing structured procrastination--you're just procrastinating with extra steps.",[62,213,215],{"id":214},"step-2-start-anywhere-below-the-top","Step 2: Start anywhere below the top",[21,217,218],{},"When you sit down to work and can't face item 1, don't fight it. Move to item 2. If item 2 also feels unbearable, try item 3. The rule is simple: work on the highest-priority task you can tolerate right now.",[80,220,223],{"type":221,"title":222},"tip","The rotation technique","\nSet a timer for 25 minutes using the [Pomodoro Technique](/blog/pomodoro-technique-complete-guide). Work on whatever task you can face. When the timer rings, reassess: can you now tolerate a higher-priority task? Often, the momentum from completing one task makes the next one feel less daunting.\n",[62,225,227],{"id":226},"step-3-let-priorities-shift-naturally","Step 3: Let priorities shift naturally",[21,229,230,231,234],{},"Here's where it gets interesting. As deadlines approach, items naturally shift in urgency. That statistics problem set due tomorrow suddenly becomes more dread-inducing than the organic chemistry exam due next week. Now the organic chemistry review becomes the ",[75,232,233],{},"escape"," task--the thing you do to avoid statistics.",[21,236,237],{},"This natural rotation means that over time, everything gets done. The task you were avoiding becomes the comfortable alternative when something else becomes more urgent. The cycle self-corrects.",[28,239,240],{},"\nPerry calls this \"the self-deceptive quality of structured procrastination.\" You're tricking yourself into productivity by keeping the most daunting task at the top of the list, where it serves as a motivational engine for everything below it.\n",[48,242],{},[51,244,246],{"id":245},"the-art-of-task-list-management","The art of task list management",[21,248,249],{},"The success of structured procrastination hinges on your task list. A poorly constructed list defeats the entire purpose.",[62,251,253],{"id":252},"keep-secondary-tasks-meaningful","Keep secondary tasks meaningful",[21,255,256],{},"The temptation is to fill your list with easy wins: organize desktop files, update your calendar, respond to emails. These aren't structured procrastination--they're procrastination with a to-do list.",[21,258,259,260,265,266,270,271,275],{},"Your secondary tasks should be things that genuinely advance your academic goals. Writing a ",[261,262,264],"a",{"href":263},"/blog/how-to-create-study-schedule","study schedule",", completing ",[261,267,269],{"href":268},"/blog/how-to-study-math","practice problems",", reviewing flashcards with ",[261,272,274],{"href":273},"/blog/spaced-repetition-study-method","spaced repetition","--these produce real value even when they're not your top priority.",[62,277,279],{"id":278},"maintain-at-least-5-items","Maintain at least 5 items",[21,281,282],{},"A short list doesn't give you enough options. When you can't face items 1 or 2 and there's nothing else on the list, you default to unproductive procrastination. Five to eight items ensures you always have a productive alternative available.",[62,284,286],{"id":285},"add-variety","Add variety",[21,288,289],{},"Include tasks that require different types of cognitive effort: reading, writing, problem-solving, reviewing, organizing. When your brain resists one type of work, it's often willing to engage with a different type. You might not be able to face analytical chemistry, but creative writing feels manageable--and that's productive time reclaimed.",[44,291,292],{},"\nThe best procrastination system doesn't eliminate avoidance. It eliminates wasted time.\n",[48,294],{},[51,296,298],{"id":297},"when-structured-procrastination-fails-and-how-to-fix-it","When structured procrastination fails (and how to fix it)",[21,300,301],{},"Structured procrastination isn't perfect. It has specific failure modes you need to anticipate.",[62,303,305],{"id":304},"failure-mode-1-the-top-task-never-gets-done","Failure mode 1: The top task never gets done",[21,307,308],{},"The biggest risk is that you perpetually avoid your most important task. You complete everything else with impressive efficiency, but the one thing that matters most remains untouched.",[21,310,311,314],{},[70,312,313],{},"The fix: set a hard boundary."," Define a specific point--usually 48 hours before the deadline--when the top task becomes non-negotiable. Before that boundary, structured procrastination applies. After that boundary, it's crunch time.",[80,316,319],{"type":317,"title":318},"warning","The deadline safety net","\nStructured procrastination works during the early and middle phases of a deadline cycle. Within 48 hours of a due date, abandon the strategy and focus exclusively on the priority task. Use the [2-Minute Rule](/blog/two-minute-rule-studying) to break through the final resistance barrier.\n",[62,321,323],{"id":322},"failure-mode-2-the-list-fills-with-easy-tasks","Failure mode 2: The list fills with easy tasks",[21,325,326],{},"If you catch yourself only listing tasks that are comfortable and low-stakes, you're gaming your own system. Every item on the list should be something that contributes meaningfully to your academic progress. Be honest with yourself about what qualifies.",[62,328,330],{"id":329},"failure-mode-3-you-use-it-to-justify-total-avoidance","Failure mode 3: You use it to justify total avoidance",[21,332,333,334,337],{},"Structured procrastination is not permission to avoid all challenging work. It's permission to work on challenging ",[75,335,336],{},"secondary"," tasks when you can't face the primary one. If you find yourself only doing easy tasks from the bottom of the list, the system needs recalibrating.",[21,339,340,343],{},[70,341,342],{},"The fix: combine with the 2-Minute Rule."," When you move to a secondary task, start with a 2-minute commitment on the primary task first. You might break through the resistance. If not, you've still made a micro-attempt, and you move to the secondary task guilt-free.",[48,345],{},[51,347,349],{"id":348},"structured-procrastination-in-a-daily-routine","Structured procrastination in a daily routine",[21,351,352],{},"Here's what a day of structured procrastination looks like in practice.",[62,354,356],{"id":355},"morning-attempt-the-primary-task","Morning: Attempt the primary task",[21,358,359,360,364],{},"Start each day by trying to work on your top-priority item. Use the ",[261,361,363],{"href":362},"/blog/two-minute-rule-studying","2-Minute Rule","--commit to just 2 minutes. If momentum carries you forward, excellent. You've beaten the procrastination entirely.",[21,366,367],{},"If 2 minutes in you still can't face it, stop. No guilt. Move to item 2 on your list.",[62,369,371],{"id":370},"midday-rotate-through-secondary-tasks","Midday: Rotate through secondary tasks",[21,373,374],{},"During your most productive hours, work through your secondary tasks using timed blocks. Every time you complete a block or finish a task, briefly reassess: has your resistance to the primary task decreased? Sometimes completing other work builds enough confidence and momentum that the top task no longer feels so daunting.",[80,376,378],{"type":221,"title":377},"Track everything","\nUse a [timer for study](/study-timer) to track time on all tasks, not just the primary one. Seeing your total productive hours accumulate--even if they're distributed across secondary tasks--prevents the guilt spiral that makes procrastination worse. You're working. The data proves it.\n",[62,380,382],{"id":381},"afternoon-leverage-deadline-pressure","Afternoon: Leverage deadline pressure",[21,384,385],{},"As afternoon arrives, reassess priorities. Has anything shifted in urgency? The natural ebb and flow of deadlines often resolves the avoidance problem without any deliberate intervention. Yesterday's impossible task becomes today's escape route from tomorrow's newly urgent one.",[62,387,389],{"id":388},"evening-plan-tomorrows-list","Evening: Plan tomorrow's list",[21,391,392],{},"Before bed, update your ranked task list for tomorrow. Move completed items off the list. Add new ones. Re-rank based on current deadlines and resistance levels. This planning session takes five minutes and sets you up for a productive morning.",[21,394,395,396,400],{},"For a complete guide to building a ",[261,397,399],{"href":398},"/blog/morning-routine-students","morning routine"," that supports this system, see our dedicated article.",[48,402],{},[51,404,406],{"id":405},"combining-structured-procrastination-with-other-techniques","Combining structured procrastination with other techniques",[21,408,409,410,413,414,417],{},"Structured procrastination is a task-selection strategy, not a complete study system. It tells you ",[75,411,412],{},"what"," to work on--but you still need techniques for ",[75,415,416],{},"how"," to work effectively.",[62,419,421],{"id":420},"structured-procrastination-pomodoro-technique","Structured procrastination + Pomodoro Technique",[21,423,424,425,429],{},"Use structured procrastination to choose your task, then apply the ",[261,426,428],{"href":427},"/blog/pomodoro-technique-complete-guide","Pomodoro Technique"," for focused execution. If after one 25-minute Pomodoro you feel resistance building, switch to a different task from your list for the next Pomodoro. This combination keeps you productive across the entire day.",[62,431,433],{"id":432},"structured-procrastination-task-chunking","Structured procrastination + task chunking",[21,435,436,437,441],{},"When your primary task feels overwhelming, it's often because it's too large. Break it into smaller chunks using ",[261,438,440],{"href":439},"/blog/task-chunking-studying","task chunking",", then slot those chunks into your ranked list as separate items. \"Write thesis chapter 3\" becomes \"outline section 3.1,\" \"draft section 3.1,\" \"review section 3.1\"--and each chunk is less daunting on its own.",[62,443,445],{"id":444},"structured-procrastination-time-tracking","Structured procrastination + time tracking",[21,447,448],{},"Tracking your time across all tasks reveals patterns that pure intuition misses. Which tasks do you consistently avoid? Which ones serve as your \"escape\" tasks most often? How much total productive time do you actually log on days when you can't face the primary task? The answers guide smarter list construction and better self-awareness.",[28,450,451],{},"\nStudents who track their time often discover that their \"procrastination days\" are more productive than they thought. The problem wasn't lack of work--it was misallocated attention. Structured procrastination, combined with tracking, makes this visible and correctable.\n",[48,453],{},[51,455,457],{"id":456},"the-deeper-lesson-work-with-your-brain-not-against-it","The deeper lesson: work with your brain, not against it",[21,459,460],{},"Most productivity advice assumes your brain is a rational machine that responds to logic and discipline. It isn't. Your brain is a complex, emotion-driven system that responds to fear, reward, momentum, and identity. Fighting it is exhausting and usually futile.",[93,462],{"number":463,"label":464},"40%","more total tasks completed when using structured procrastination versus forcing focus on one priority",[21,466,467],{},"Structured procrastination works because it respects your brain's reality. It doesn't demand that you overcome resistance through sheer willpower. It redirects resistance into productive channels. The result is that you accomplish more, stress less, and maintain the kind of sustainable work habits that carry you through an entire semester.",[21,469,470,471,475],{},"This is the same principle behind ",[261,472,474],{"href":473},"/stop-procrastinating","stopping procrastination"," in general: build systems that make productive behavior easier than avoidance, rather than relying on motivation that comes and goes.",[44,477,478],{},"\nYou don't need to fix your procrastination. You need to redirect it.\n",[480,481],"blog-promo",{"text":482},"Track your study sessions across every subject on your list. Athenify shows you exactly where your time goes--even on structured procrastination days.",[48,484],{},[51,486,488],{"id":487},"getting-started-with-structured-procrastination","Getting started with structured procrastination",[21,490,491],{},"Here's your action plan for this week:",[493,494,495,502,508,514,520],"ol",{},[496,497,498,501],"li",{},[70,499,500],{},"Write your ranked task list."," Include at least 5 genuinely important items. Rank them by combined importance and dread.",[496,503,504,507],{},[70,505,506],{},"Tomorrow morning, attempt item 1 for 2 minutes."," If you can continue, do. If not, move to item 2 without guilt.",[496,509,510,513],{},[70,511,512],{},"Track your time on all tasks."," At the end of the day, review how much total productive work you completed.",[496,515,516,519],{},[70,517,518],{},"Before bed, update the list."," Re-rank based on shifting deadlines and resistance levels.",[496,521,522,525],{},[70,523,524],{},"Set hard boundaries."," For any task within 48 hours of its deadline, abandon structured procrastination and commit fully.",[21,527,528],{},"Structured procrastination isn't about being perfect. It's about being productive even when you can't be perfect. And for most students, that's a far more useful skill than learning to force yourself through resistance.",[21,530,531],{},"You're going to procrastinate anyway. You might as well get something done while you're at it.",[48,533],{},{"title":535,"searchDepth":536,"depth":536,"links":537},"",2,[538,542,547,552,557,563,568,569],{"id":53,"depth":536,"text":54,"children":539},[540],{"id":64,"depth":541,"text":65},3,{"id":101,"depth":536,"text":102,"children":543},[544,545,546],{"id":108,"depth":541,"text":109},{"id":214,"depth":541,"text":215},{"id":226,"depth":541,"text":227},{"id":245,"depth":536,"text":246,"children":548},[549,550,551],{"id":252,"depth":541,"text":253},{"id":278,"depth":541,"text":279},{"id":285,"depth":541,"text":286},{"id":297,"depth":536,"text":298,"children":553},[554,555,556],{"id":304,"depth":541,"text":305},{"id":322,"depth":541,"text":323},{"id":329,"depth":541,"text":330},{"id":348,"depth":536,"text":349,"children":558},[559,560,561,562],{"id":355,"depth":541,"text":356},{"id":370,"depth":541,"text":371},{"id":381,"depth":541,"text":382},{"id":388,"depth":541,"text":389},{"id":405,"depth":536,"text":406,"children":564},[565,566,567],{"id":420,"depth":541,"text":421},{"id":432,"depth":541,"text":433},{"id":444,"depth":541,"text":445},{"id":456,"depth":536,"text":457},{"id":487,"depth":536,"text":488},"Structured procrastination, coined by philosopher John Perry, turns your avoidance habit into a productivity tool. Instead of fighting the urge to procrastinate, you channel it: avoid your most daunting task by completing other important work. Keep a ranked task list, rotate priorities when resistance hits, and set hard deadlines to ensure nothing falls through the cracks. You're still procrastinating--but you're getting things done.",[572,575,578,581,584,587,590],{"question":573,"answer":574},"What is structured procrastination?","Structured procrastination is a technique where you use your avoidance of a high-priority task to motivate yourself to complete other important tasks. Instead of doing nothing while procrastinating, you channel the avoidance energy into productive work on secondary tasks. You're still procrastinating on one thing--but you're getting other things done.",{"question":576,"answer":577},"Who invented structured procrastination?","Philosopher John Perry of Stanford University coined the term in a 1996 essay that later won an Ig Nobel Prize for Literature. Perry observed that procrastinators aren't lazy--they avoid one specific task by doing other things. He proposed harnessing this tendency deliberately.",{"question":579,"answer":580},"Does structured procrastination actually work for students?","Yes, when used correctly. It works because it leverages your natural avoidance instinct rather than fighting it. Students who practice structured procrastination report completing more total tasks per week than when they try to force themselves to work on one thing. The key is maintaining a list of genuinely important secondary tasks.",{"question":582,"answer":583},"Is structured procrastination just an excuse to avoid hard work?","No. Structured procrastination doesn't mean avoiding all difficult work--it means redirecting avoidance productively. The goal isn't to permanently dodge your most important task, but to stay productive during periods when you can't bring yourself to face it. You still complete the primary task eventually; in the meantime, nothing else falls behind.",{"question":585,"answer":586},"How is structured procrastination different from regular procrastination?","Regular procrastination means avoiding a task by doing nothing productive--scrolling social media, watching videos, cleaning your room. Structured procrastination means avoiding a task by doing other important work. The avoidance behavior is the same; the output is completely different.",{"question":588,"answer":589},"Can I combine structured procrastination with other study techniques?","Absolutely. Use structured procrastination to choose what to work on, then apply the Pomodoro Technique or time tracking to the task you've chosen. You can also combine it with the 2-Minute Rule: if you can't face your primary task, commit to 2 minutes on your secondary task instead.",{"question":591,"answer":592},"What if I keep avoiding my most important task indefinitely?","This is the main risk. To prevent it, set a hard deadline: if you haven't started the primary task within a defined window (say, 48 hours before it's due), it becomes your only option. Structured procrastination works best for the early and middle phases of a deadline cycle, not the final crunch.",null,10,[596,609,620,632,642,652,662,673,683,694],{"slug":597,"path":598,"title":599,"subtitle":600,"description":601,"image":602,"date":603,"tags":604,"author":607,"readingTime":608},"act-preparation-study-guide","/blog/en/act-preparation-study-guide","ACT Preparation: Time Management & Study Strategies That Work","Master the ACT with strategic time allocation and proven study methods","Complete ACT preparation guide with time management strategies, section-specific tactics, and study schedules. 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Learn how to use it to remember more, study less, and ace your exams.","/images/active-recall-study-technique.png","2026-01-09",[13],{"name":15,"image":16},11,{"slug":621,"path":622,"title":623,"subtitle":624,"description":625,"image":626,"date":627,"tags":628,"author":630,"readingTime":631},"adhd-study-tips","/blog/en/adhd-study-tips","ADHD Study Tips: Proven Study Habits & Strategies That Actually Work","How students with ADHD can build effective study habits, overcome time blindness, and stay motivated","ADHD study tips that work with your brain, not against it. Practical strategies for time blindness, focus, Pomodoro, gamification, and building lasting study habits.","/images/adhs-timetracking.png","2025-12-09",[606,629],"Focus",{"name":15,"image":16},15,{"slug":633,"path":634,"title":635,"subtitle":636,"description":637,"image":638,"date":603,"tags":639,"author":640,"readingTime":641},"atar-preparation-study-plan","/blog/en/atar-preparation-study-plan","ATAR Preparation: The Complete Study Plan & Time Management Guide","Master your Year 12 exams with strategic study planning, time tracking, and evidence-based techniques","Discover proven ATAR preparation strategies for HSC, VCE, and QCE students. 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Learn how to use it effectively with apps, videos, and Athenify.","/images/body-doubling.png","2026-01-08",[13,629],{"name":15,"image":16},9,{"slug":695,"path":696,"title":697,"subtitle":698,"description":699,"image":700,"date":10,"tags":701,"author":702,"readingTime":619},"caffeine-and-studying","/blog/en/caffeine-and-studying","Caffeine and Studying: What the Science Actually Says","The evidence-based guide to using caffeine strategically without wrecking your sleep","Learn how caffeine actually affects your brain, the optimal dose for studying, when to stop drinking coffee, and why timing matters more than quantity.","/images/caffeine.png",[629],{"name":15,"image":16},{"data":704,"body":705},{},{"type":706,"children":707},"root",[708],{"type":709,"tag":21,"props":710,"children":711},"element",{},[712],{"type":713,"value":714},"text","Philosopher John Perry of Stanford University first described structured procrastination in a 1996 essay that later won an Ig Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011. 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