The Characteristics Of Procrastivity Tasks
4) There is a clear end point
There is a clear stopping point with most procrastivity tasks at the job is completed and off the to-do list. This fact comes with a visceral sense of satisfaction of task completion, even with chores and other administrative matters. This positive feeling is underestimated despite the fact that procrastivity tasks are not the most existentially fulfilling matters. It feels good to get things done. And due to the vagaries and uncertainties inherent in many priority tasks, it is difficult to determine an exact end point that one is confident can be reached.
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The puzzle of procrastinating via procrastivity, of avoiding tasks via avoided tasks, and the characteristics of procrastivity tasks that can perhaps help us turn procrastination against itself.
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