I enjoyed this article and the linked piece on willpower accumulating. I have for a long time felt intuitively that willpower is not a finite resource per se, and that the more I exercised it the more I had of it. Your way of expressing it as "everytime your willpower wins out, it has a greater chance to win out in the future" has been my experience.
Certainly there is also a sense in which limiting the amount of "mega tasty" things you have to decline on a daily basis is a good idea, because I do think if you constantly put yourself in a position to have t... (read more)
I enjoyed this article and the linked piece on willpower accumulating. I have for a long time felt intuitively that willpower is not a finite resource per se, and that the more I exercised it the more I had of it. Your way of expressing it as "everytime your willpower wins out, it has a greater chance to win out in the future" has been my experience.
Certainly there is also a sense in which limiting the amount of "mega tasty" things you have to decline on a daily basis is a good idea, because I do think if you constantly put yourself in a position to have t... (read more)