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Or "procastination".
Saying "akrasia" is signaling.
Good point.
Esp. for the kind of things you can solve with to-do lists and the like, procrastination is a better name. The only reason to use the term akrasia) seems to be that a web-search will give better-quality results...
I personally consider the distinction this way: procrastination is avoiding something, whereas akrasia is doing something other than what you intend. The distinction is useful, in that there are some differences in how to approach fixing them.
It sounds like the distinction you're making is between whether you do or don't intend to not do what you think you should be doing. Is that correct?
The intention distinction has to do with why I'm doing what I'm doing instead of what I "should".
If I'm procrastinating on X, then I'll do anything but X (to avoid it), even if it's otherwise of low value or not very pleasant. The intent is "not do X".
However, If I'm experiencing akrasia, then I might do Y or Z, because I want to do them more. The intention is, "I want to do Y or Z, but it can wait".