evand comments on Group rationality diary, 7/23/12 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: evand 24 July 2012 10:00:56PM 2 points [-]

I wonder if buying the nail file first would make this even easier. Get your subconscious invested in the idea that you're going to need the nail file. Make the consistency principle work for you: in order to be consistent with your past actions, you have to stop biting your nails.

Also, congrats!

Comment author: Tripitaka 25 July 2012 12:42:43AM -1 points [-]

Having tools like the nail file helps under good conditions; the hard part is not relapsing when under stress/other triggering conditions.