6. Laziness and procrastination
When it comes to procrastination, we can all admit that we’re guilty. When faced with a task we find difficult or boring and that also might have unwanted outcomes, we often put it off until later. But as much as we want it to, avoiding something won’t make it disappear.
Believe it or not, it turns out that your family history might influence how likely you are to procrastinate (so next time you don’t want to do something, blame your family – just joking, don’t do that). In 2014, Psychological Science published a study that showed that about half of the tendency to put things off is inherited.
In 2018, new research with fresh and modern data was published in the same journal. According to researchers, a bigger amygdala, which is considered the brain’s processing center, is associated with increased procrastination.
