Your post may be confusing to some because your definition of “procrastination” is at odds with several (perhaps most) of the standard definitions of procrastination in the psychological literature, e.g. Steel (2007): “to procrastinate is to voluntarily delay an intended course of action despite expecting to be worse off for the delay.”
Huh, so it is. If you define “procrastination” that way, then, this essay isn’t about when procrastination isn’t akrasia; it’s about when delaying things regretfully isn’t procrastination. But that would make a less catchy title.
It’s true, in any case, that when I was less effective at getting things done than I am nowadays, the name I gave to my problem was “procrastination”. If this was a mistake, perhaps it’s a common one.
Your post may be confusing to some because your definition of “procrastination” is at odds with several (perhaps most) of the standard definitions of procrastination in the psychological literature, e.g. Steel (2007): “to procrastinate is to voluntarily delay an intended course of action despite expecting to be worse off for the delay.”
Huh, so it is. If you define “procrastination” that way, then, this essay isn’t about when procrastination isn’t akrasia; it’s about when delaying things regretfully isn’t procrastination. But that would make a less catchy title.
It’s true, in any case, that when I was less effective at getting things done than I am nowadays, the name I gave to my problem was “procrastination”. If this was a mistake, perhaps it’s a common one.