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Procrastination May Have Genetic Cause

Do you have a problem with procrastination? Blame your parents! In a recent study out of the University of Colorado, researchers claim they found a genetic cause to your bad habit of putting things off.

Researchers at the University of Colorado came up with the result by studying two sets of twins — one set identical and one set fraternal.

The University of Calgary’s Piers Steel, author of The Procrastination Equation says people “value the now, the short-term pleasure so, so much more than the future.”

The research found that the worst procrastinators tend to be “especially compulsive.”

Go ahead, spend the next hour mindlessly staring at Facebook. It’s not your fault.

Read the full story at CBC News.

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