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Comment author: dreeves 07 October 2011 03:27:39PM 1 point [-]

Thanks Kaj! I'm very interested to hear your tricks for dealing with akrasia.

If you want to waste more time talking about not wasting time, you might like the Akratics Anonymous email list: http://groups.google.com/group/akratics (seriously though, very smart discussion there)

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 10 October 2011 07:15:26AM 3 points [-]

Mostly my current anti-akrasia tricks center around:

  • Eliminating distractions, which in a lot of the cases mainly means eliminating Internet access.
  • Trying to make myself feel happier. I notice that I have lot less akrasia if I'm feeling happy. Being happier doesn't always actually get me to do things, but often it does at least eliminate procrastination in the sense of doing something in order to avoid doing something else and feeling guilty about it all the time. I still don't do whatever I'm supposed to be doing, but I don't feel guilty about that, either. As a result, I can actually manage to relax and get the thing done later on when I'm more rested.
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