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Hi everyone. I'm reading the productivity articles and suggestions on this site with some fascination.
I can understand anti-akrasia tricks being applied to certain things like health-related goals, or maybe even just finishing university.
What I'm not sure about is using tricks like these for other purposes, especially career or art-related goals. I guess my question is, if you've got to use tricks like these, maybe its a good sign you're in the wrong field, and you need to reevaluate what to pursue? I mean maybe, just maybe, you really, really don't find any intrinsic enjoyment in your chosen field, and its time to move on to something else?
In which case that won't be akrasia, and treating the procrastination as akrasia was a mistake. But this is not universally so. In most cases, procrastination actually is akrasia. And it's usually a good idea to apply any method you know to everything you do, which refines both the method and your performance.