cousin_it comments on Help! All this new found rationality and room for improvement is causing me to burn out - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cousin_it 15 August 2011 05:38:08PM *  8 points [-]

I really like Venkat's idea that life-changing decisions should be "leveraged", e.g. a decision to go to bed earlier automatically improves your ability to make other decisions. So start with the simple physiological stuff (sleeping, eating, exercise), and move on to higher-level things when your newly gained strength allows that.

Comment author: tetsuo55 17 August 2011 05:47:19AM 0 points [-]

I've actually been trying that, but the willpower involved in things like sleeping and exercise along are completely draining me of any power to do anything else, to the point that even these things seem impossible

Comment author: atucker 17 August 2011 07:04:45AM 0 points [-]

Have you tried altering your diet at all?

Comment author: tetsuo55 17 August 2011 07:38:15AM 0 points [-]

Yes i've been following a new higher fruit and veg based diet and following gwern's supplement tips.