Why I procrastinate
It's actually very simple... you see...
Since blogging this article had a U of 933, I simply couldn't procrastinate. Homework, however, usually had a U of 4, so I often procrastinated on that. I blame U! Some people might love U, but I hate U! I hate U, I hate U, I hate U.
The psychologist, from the University of Calgary, has subsequently formed an equation for why people procrastinate, which began by studying 250 college students.
The equation is U=EV/ID.
The 'U' stands for utility, or the desire to complete a given task. It is equal to the product of E, the expectation of success, and V the value of completion, divided by the product of I, the immediacy of the task, and D, the personal sensitivity to delay.
Since blogging this article had a U of 933, I simply couldn't procrastinate. Homework, however, usually had a U of 4, so I often procrastinated on that. I blame U! Some people might love U, but I hate U! I hate U, I hate U, I hate U.
posted by Sean Hannifin at
12:03 AM
2 Comments:
What is the gigantic value of completion of the blog?
Also, shouldn't that equation include perceived difficulty of a task?
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Anonymous, at 10:21 PM
The gigantic value of the completion of the blog is I think around 45,356,343,672.323454 ... I might be off some though...
I think the perceived difficulty of the task is part of E, expectation of success. I guess you could say
E = CG*VW/B^PH-(K+EIEIO)
Where P is the perceived difficulty, C is how much you want to play the computer, G is how good you are, B is if you are in a band, H is how you feel, W is how much water you drank lately, K is how much you weigh in kg, and O is how much you like Oprah.
The is from a lot of studying I have done personally...
By
Sean Hannifin, at 11:06 PM
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