Procrastination and subjective value
Our choice to work on a project is guided by how much we value finishing that project in that moment. Psychologists call this "subjective value."
Procrastination, psychologically speaking, is what happens when the value of doing something else outweighs the value of working now.
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pro-cras-ti-na-tion |prəˌkrastəˈnāSHən|
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