MotivationalAppeal comments on Group Rationality Diary, February 1-14 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MotivationalAppeal 01 February 2015 06:26:42AM 6 points [-]

Sometimes I feel uncomfortable talking to strangers, and will put off scheduling appointments. Today, after a few days of trying to beat myself into getting a haircut at a barber's shop or salon, I decided to cut my own hair instead. I'm very pleased with the results, and I will probably make a habit of cutting my own hair from now on. I know this solution doesn't generalize to other appointments, such as medical examinations, but I'm very glad to have put that one source of distress to rest.

Comment author: Manfred 01 February 2015 09:31:59AM *  1 point [-]

Yeah, and if you have hair clippers, they're pretty foolproof - except for trimming around ears, smoothing transitions between different lengths, and dealing with the back of the neck. Which all just seem like garden-variety acquirable skills. It's plausible that I should already own hair clippers and be using them on myself, and that I'm only not doing this because of trivial inconveniences. Hm.