toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoHow do you talk yourself into doing things you know are good for you but you really don't wanna do?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down11
arrow-up1108arrow-down1message-squareHow do you talk yourself into doing things you know are good for you but you really don't wanna do?toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-27 days agoI will often incentivize myself. Give myself a little treat afterward. Sometimes it’s the other way around. Sometimes I’ll let myself have a treat in exchange for doing something I don’t really wanna do, like a chore I’ve been putting off.
minus-squareusername100519@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoOh, but that would be a bribe. Now you’re stuck mulling over this new ethical conundrum of accepting the bribe or not.
minus-squarehomes@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoThe job gets done and I get a treat. I don’t have a moral quandary with that.
I will often incentivize myself. Give myself a little treat afterward.
Sometimes it’s the other way around. Sometimes I’ll let myself have a treat in exchange for doing something I don’t really wanna do, like a chore I’ve been putting off.
Oh, but that would be a bribe. Now you’re stuck mulling over this new ethical conundrum of accepting the bribe or not.
The job gets done and I get a treat. I don’t have a moral quandary with that.