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I think I may have artificially induced an Ugh Field in myself.
A little over a week ago it occurred to me that perhaps I was thinking too much about X, and that this was distracting me from more important things. So I resolved to not think about X for the next week.
Of course, I could not stop X from crossing my mind, but as soon as I noticed it, I would sternly think to myself, "No. Shut up. Think about something else."
Now that the week's over, I don't even want to think about X any more. It just feels too weird.
And maybe that's a good thing.
I have also artificially induced an Ugh Field in myself. A few months ago, I was having a horrible problem with websurfing procrastination. I started using Firefox for browsing and LeechBlock to limit (but not eliminate) my opportunities for websurfing instead of doing work. I'm on a Windows box, and for the first three days I disabled IE, but doing so caused knock-on effects, so I had to re-enable it. However, I knew that resorting to IE to surf would simply recreate my procrastination problem, so... I just didn't. Now, when the thought occurs to me to do so, it auto-squelches.
I predict with 95% confidence that within six months you will have recreated your procrastination problem with some other means.
Your lack of confidence in me has raised my ire. I will prove you wrong!
To be settled by February 8, 2011!
Did you start procrastinating again?
Yep. Eventually I sought medical treatment.