Precis A psychology professor from Carleton University, Timothy A Pychyl in his article, “Don’t Delay”, argues that procrastination is a form of escape and self-deception among people.He develops his claim by first defining that self-deception is what leads people to procrastinate by lack of action.Then, he provides examples to connect with the audiences how people deny responsibility for their own choices. Finally, he implies that people living in procrastination can suffer from the anguish that defines existentialist thoughts.Echl 's purpose is to persuade people to take responsibility for the choices they made. He establishes an informative tone for the audience who are suffering