Some psychologists believe that people who have a tendency to procrastinate aren’t lazy at all, but are, in fact, perfectionists. The higher the expectations we put on ourselves, the more we’ll want to run away from them. The more we put things off until the last minute, the more paralyzed we become. The more paralyzed we become, the more discouraged we are from trying to do anything at all. The less we try to do anything at all, the more we have to do to catch up, which leads to more procrastination, which brings on more feelings of guilt and stress and anxiety.