Think you need a break? It's all in your head - The Globe and Mail
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On this note - back to that project that's due Monday morning at work...
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People who believe or are lead to believe that willpower is in their control? Which is it? Perhaps people who have greater willpower may believe they can control it. And people without it believe they can not control it. I'm just curious.
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When my dentist tells me that the pain I feel is all in my head, I remind him that that is where my teeth and connected nerve-endings are as well.
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This is actually pretty distressing. I have been reading a lot about the limited nature of willpower and trying to use that to better spend my energy. If my attachment to this understanding is itself limiting my willpower, then I don't know what to do.
You're caught in a recursive limited-willpower conception trap! Get out ASAP!