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We all put things off. We hope to avoid tasks that are boring, difficult, unpleasant, etc. When faced with something we don’t want to do, we can find a dozen tasks of no consequence to fill our time. We secretly hope that, by procrastinating, the unpleasant task will shrink and go away. Unfortunately, the reverse is often true; the deferred job just gets bigger and more difficult.

So what is the real cost of procrastination? Procrastination can affect your life, health and your happiness. Procrastination can cost you your job. Procrastination can cost you advancement (like failure to finish a degree). Procrastination can even cost you your life (like failure to lose weight, get seen by a physician, etc.).

Two ancient Chinese wellness practices, qigong and tai chi, provide many mental health and physical health advantages, including helping the heart, immune system, the mind, and improving quality of life, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Health Promotion. 

Buddhist meditation can improve attention and focus according to a new study published in the July 2010 issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.