Some reasons why deciding to stay or go is difficult

Procrastination is an emotional problem.

1. We sit down to do a task.
2. We project into the future about what the task will feel like.
3. We predict that the task will not feel good (e.g., will stress us out, make us feel bad, etc.).
4. Our emotional coping strategy kicks in to keep us away from this bad feeling.
5. We avoid the task.

1a. We contemplate divorce, separating or outsourcing.

2a. We think about how to go about the above.

3a. We know it will suck and cause a lot of bad feelings.

4a. We want to avoid the conflicts and expenses so we keep putting it off to avoid the immediate bad feelings.

5a. We put off the tasks and think , maybe there is a less painful way.

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