Distraction And Dissonance
Why is all of my money going into the Craver pension fund? Why is all of my attention going into useless sites? I've had a long history of dealing with distractions. To do something worthwhile is to kill distraction, but it is also mildly unpleasant to do. I'll seek here to document WHY this occurs (which is not just one cause), and to then inform of ways to solve it. WHY Cause one. Guilt from self-improvement failure resulting in sense of control violation, resulting in cynicism, lower happiness, thus demand for plesbutton. Cause two. Incorrect either anticipation, association, or reflectionism regarding good activities, and a incorrectly favorable view regarding bad activities. Because the brain does pleasure math, it always picks the winner, and without large guilt expenses (presently) this is always the bad activity. Cause three. Bad suppression of proximity. When two activities, the ones I want, and the ones that happen are put together, the ones that happen are more pl...