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I'm anti-impulsive by default. In the face of new things to try or do or see, saying no is easy, saying yes is hard. I usually enjoy new experiences when I have them, and I crave them in general, but I have to steel myself to have them. I'm afraid of doing things wrong because they're new, I'm afraid of looking silly because I don't know what I'm doing, I'm afraid of doing things suboptimally, or paying too much, or spending too much time at something, and so on and so on. Reflectively, I endorse none of these fears to the degree I have them. And so:
I run this in my head, and get some distance from those little fears, and that often suffices to do awesome things.
Heh, the thing I try to think to myself is not always true, but worth thinking about.
The (mostly sound) heuristic underlying this, I think, is: choose the action that will cause you to learn more.
"Oh no, not another learning experience!"