What is procrastination?

• A. Multitasking efficiently.
• B. Putting off until tomorrow what you could get done today.
• C. Completing tasks ahead of time.
• D. Delaying only essential tasks.

Answer: (B)

Procrastination is delaying tasks you should start or finish now, even though putting them off makes things harder later. The description that fits best is putting off until tomorrow what you could get done today, because it captures the pattern of postponing work that would be reasonable to complete in the present.

This behavior isn’t about doing tasks efficiently with multitasking, which is about handling multiple tasks well at the same time. It’s not about completing tasks ahead of time, which would be being proactive rather than delaying. And it isn’t simply about delaying only essential tasks, which doesn’t describe the general tendency to postpone work that should be done in the near term.

Understanding procrastination helps you spot when you’re choosing temporary relief or distraction over progress, and you can counter it by breaking tasks into small steps, setting clear deadlines, and creating environments that reduce temptations to delay.