How to Stop Procrastinating: A Simple Guide to Mastering Difficult Tasks and Breaking the Procrastination Habit

by S.J. Scott

This common excuse is a reminder that you can work on the pending task at some point in the future. It could be a few hours from now, in a couple of days, or the “perfect” free day that you envision sometime in the future.

People make different decisions for what will affect them in the immediate future rather than what will affect them down the road. One interesting aspect of time inconsistency is the challenge of aligning the needs of Present You versus Future You.

“Future You knows you should do things that lead to the highest benefit in the long term, but Present You tends to overvalue things that lead to immediate benefit right now.”