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23 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 25 July 2013 02:58AM

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Comment author: Alejandro1 25 July 2013 03:42:34AM 10 points [-]

Do I really want to do this thing/buy this thing/eat this thing? Or is my impulse to do/buy/eat it just a cached thought, a habit from other times I have enjoyed it, even though now I do not really feel like it?

Comment author: [deleted] 26 July 2013 11:45:22AM *  3 points [-]

I kind-of have the opposite issue, so sometimes I might ask myself: Would giving up $X actually be such a big deal that I'd rather forgo the enjoyment of doing this thing/buying this thing/eating this thing? (OTOH I have to also ask myself: How often will I have to make this same choice again?)