Conquering Procrastination with the 2-Minute Rule

Your brain is literally sabotaging you when you choose Netflix over that project due tomorrow.

Ancient Greek philosophers called it akrasia, acting against your better judgment, and here's the wild

part: your Present Self and Future Self are at war inside your head. Your Future Self

wants that promotion and good grades, but your Present Self just wants to scroll TikTok

because your brain values immediate rewards way more than future benefits. The craziest thing?

Being in the middle of procrastinating is actually more painful than doing the work itself.

That guilt and anxiety you feel scrolling Instagram when you should be studying is worse than just

opening the textbook. The fix is simple: use the 2-Minute Rule. If your task takes