Why I do activity B when I should be doing activity A? - an explanation

Replacement psychology:-

I need to do task A.

But I will not say that I will not do it.

Instead I start doing activity B.

I keep doing activity B until mind stops nagging me for doing Activity A.

As soon as pressure to do activity A is reduced, I will stop doing activity B also.

Because my doing of activity B was only a way to fight against pressure from doing activity A.

Activities A usually look like duties.

Activity B usually look like pleasures. 

This is our mind's trick to engage us in sensual pleasure based activity or in wrong priorities.

Haresh Raichura
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