Audit deferred important-but-non-urgent priorities by

Why This Is a Principle

This derives from Humans discount future rewards hyperbolically rather than (hyperbolic discounting of future costs), Exponential Information Decay (time-based decay of information), and Human memory of task duration is systematically biased and (memory of duration is systematically biased). People defer important priorities partly because they underestimate how much more expensive they become - a manifestation of hyperbolic discounting applied to effort/cost. Human memory of task duration is systematically biased and means you can't rely on intuitive time estimates to assess accumulated debt. The principle: create an explicit audit comparing original vs. current cost to override these biases and make the actual interest rate visible. This is a derived practice for counteracting known cognitive distortions.