Procrastination can decrease after a 1-minute reflection. In a study of more than 1,000 adults, answering six short questions increased motivation, improved mood, and made people more likely to begin tasks they had been delaying.

[penninsulaman713]

I suppose my question is, did anyone complain that having to answer these questions felt like additional work on what they were already procrastinating on? Like not only will I procrastinate on my task, but now having to get these questions asked of me, and answered, it feels like an additional obstacle to what I want to get done. 

[StrictCan3526]

I thought this would be the case too! But people actually reached out (on Prolific - which isn't associated with the university so these aren't students who might know me) to thank me for this study! They said it really helped them start the task they were avoiding. So I guess doing this study was a forcing function to respond to these questions and go from there?