Jenny Anderson, Paul Schumann. Strategy of family life. As less to wash the dishes, more sex and less fighting (№ 357367)

"Hyperbolic discounting". <...> it basically means the following: we appreciate the benefits that can be achieved in the future, much less than those that can get in the present. Therefore, it is very difficult to resist the temptation to enjoy what is offered to us right now, even if we are aware of the irrationality of such an act.