Everyone puts things off sometimes, but procrastinators chronically avoid difficult tasks and may deliberately look for distractions. Procrastination tends to ___1___ a person’s struggles withself-control. For ___2___ procrastinators, who represent approximately 20 percent of the population, "I don't feel like it" comes to take precedence over theirgoalsor ___3___, and can set them on a downward spiral of negative emotions that further deter future effort. Procrastination also involves a degree ofself-deception: At some level, procrastinators are ___4___ of their actions and the consequences, but changing their habits requires even greater effort than ___5___ the task in front of them. Procrastinators are oftenperfectionists, for whom it may be ___6___ more acceptable to never tackle a job than to face the possibility of not doing it well. They may be so highly ___7___ about what others will think of them that they put their futures at risk to avoid judgment.Procrastination may ___8___ pressure in the moment, but it can have steep emotional, physical, and practical ___9___. Students who routinely procrastinate tend to get ___10___ grades, workers who procrastinate produce lower-quality work, and in general, habitual procrastinators can experience reduced well-being in the form ofinsomniaor immune system and gastrointestinal disturbance. Procrastination can also jeopardize both personal and professional relationships.