Eugine_Nier comments on Argument by lexical overloading, or, Don't cut your wants with shoulds - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 23 October 2012 05:34:20AM 4 points [-]

When I have something that I want to do, then categorize it as something I "should" do, I generally want to do it less.

I suspect you have cause and effect reversed there. If you want to do something a lot, you don't categorize it as a "should" you just do it. Thus the things you categorize as "should" are the things you want to do not quiet as much.