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20 Post author: moridinamael 27 June 2013 03:16AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 28 June 2013 11:40:42AM *  5 points [-]

Don't let yourself say "I should do X". Either do it or don't.

That would work nice if I was so devoid of dynamic inconsistency that “I don't feel like getting out of bed” would reliably entail “I won't regret it if I stay in bed”; but as it stands, I sometimes have to tell myself “I should get out of bed” in order to do stuff I don't feel like doing but I know I would regret not doing.

Comment author: jimmy 29 June 2013 01:09:27AM 1 point [-]

This John Holt quote is about exactly this.