Obviously, mindless scrolling of your feed is probably a less valuable use of your time than say organizing because organizing sets you up for success later while scrolling your feed is usually just a time waster.\u00a0 Also, the longer you spend on the procrastivity, the more cost it has to you in the form of reduced productivity.\u00a0 The benefit you get from a procrastivity, contrarily, will diminish over time.\u00a0 The following chart shows the relationship between the costs and benefits of any given procrastivity.\u00a0 If it looks like a supply & demand chart, that\u2019s because productivity is an economic metric and the laws of nature prevail. When the cost of the procrastivity outweighs the benefit of the procrastivity, any rational person would stop doing it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSide note:\u00a0 the \u201claws\u201d of supply and demand, though still widely taught, have largely been thrown out by economists due to the flaw of assuming that people behave rationally in the market place.\u00a0 In fact, people are not rational – neither in the market place nor in their own procrastination.\u00a0 But the more rationally you behave, the easier it will be to control your procrastinative urges. Good luck, Procrasti-Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Procrastivities are what you do instead of the thing you should be doing. From the root word procrastinate, just add some festive activities and voila. For example, watching Tik-Tok videos. Not all procrastivities are created equal, though. This blog is about improving your life by…