Group Rationality Diary, February 1-14

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This is the public group rationality diary for February 1-14. Now that you've downvoted it, and you know who you are, please identify and explain yourself.

It's a place to record and chat about it if you have done, or are actively doing, things like:

Established a useful new habit

Obtained new evidence that made you change your mind about some belief

Decided to behave in a different way in some set of situations

Optimized some part of a common routine or cached behavior

Consciously changed your emotions or affect with respect to something

Consciously pursued new valuable information about something that could make a big difference in your life

Learned something new about your beliefs, behavior, or life that surprised you

Tried doing any of the above and failed

Or anything else interesting which you want to share, so that other people can think about it, and perhaps be inspired to take action themselves. Try to include enough details so that everyone can use each other's experiences to learn about what tends to work out, and what doesn't tend to work out.

Thanks to cata for starting the Group Rationality Diary posts, and to commenters for participating.

Previous diary: January 16-31

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This is the public group rationality diary for February 1-14. Now that you've downvoted it, and you know who you are, please identify and explain yourself.

It's a place to record and chat about it if you have done, or are actively doing, things like:

Established a useful new habit

Obtained new evidence that made you change your mind about some belief

Decided to behave in a different way in some set of situations

Optimized some part of a common routine or cached behavior

Consciously changed your emotions or affect with respect to something

Consciously pursued new valuable information about something that could make a big difference in your life

Learned something new about your beliefs, behavior, or life that surprised you

Tried doing any of the above and failed

Or anything else interesting which you want to share, so that other people can think about it, and perhaps be inspired to take action themselves. Try to include enough details so that everyone can use each other's experiences to learn about what tends to work out, and what doesn't tend to work out.

Thanks to cata for starting the Group Rationality Diary posts, and to commenters for participating.

Previous diary: January 16-31

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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.

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.

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Group Rationality Diary, February 1-14

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This is the public group rationality diary for February 1-14. Now that you've downvoted it, and you know who you are, please identify and explain yourself.

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Group Rationality Diary, February 1-14

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This is the public group rationality diary for February 1-14. Now that you've downvoted it, and you know who you are, please identify and explain yourself.

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