underlying mechanism of procrastination

I am so in need of this.

Procrastination and the Extended Will
Joseph Heath and Joel Anderson

To be published in Chrisoula Andreou and Mark White (eds.), The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination (New York: Oxford University Press).

Abstract:

In this paper, we develop an externalist understanding of procrastination and, in particular, of our how our distributed will and its supportive social scafolding enables us to keep procrastination in check (to the extent that we are able to). Thinking about procrastination in this way has several attractive implications. It provides an explanation of individuals’ ability to stave off procrastination that is compatible with what we are learning about the limits of human cognition and rationality. It provides a framework for thinking creatively about new kludges and scaffolding that can improve individuals’ wellbeing, without needing to rely on unrealistic and illiberal therapeutic strategies that involve changing individuals’ personality or cognitive style. And, finally, it opens up a set of important and neglected issues within public policy, social ethics, and political philosophy, having to do with the collective responsibility for maintaining public (and perhaps even unchosen) forms of scaffolding.