That first arrow you could survive; it’s the second arrow that’s the real killer. That arrow is not the procrastination itself; it’s your emotional reaction to it. Studies have found that adverse psychological reactions such as anxiety and shame often accompany procrastination. No surprise, given that we have been taught to equate procrastination with being worthless. “There is nothing like the downward spiral of procrastination to make you feel like an abject failure,”
