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You're talking about ego-dsytonic behaviors. https://richardbjoelsondsw.com/articles/syntonic-dystonic/ https://richardbjoelsondsw.com/articles/syntonic-dyston

• throwaway3093 3y ago
  Also, neurologically you are not one person. You are two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYbgdo8e-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYbgdo8e-8 It's not hard to imagine the nearly constant competition that erupts between neural sub-networks in your brain -- their collective output signals vying to be the dominant signal. Just stand in front of a bowl of ice cream and try to predict whether you will or won't actually eat it. (Impulse control, etc) Sensory awareness is helpful towards guiding these competitions and impulses into a direction (and a longer term habit) that is more aligned with your longer-term values. Also helpful: engineering your environment. https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits