I suppose I’ve learned to have good enough knowledge of myself to often feel “I currently want to break a rule because I feel like I have a good enough excuse. If I make an exception to the rule in this situation, how many other times will I feel like I have an excuse equivalently as good? If it’s so often that the rule will cease to be useful, then I can’t do it now (alternatively I will update that it’s a silly rule I shouldn’t have wanted to follow in the first place). However if it’s legitimately a very rare reason, then that’s acceptable.”
This is the standard Functional Decision Theory approach, and I’ve found it useful in dieting.
There was a LW post on this by Scott that I found useful.
I suppose I’ve learned to have good enough knowledge of myself to often feel “I currently want to break a rule because I feel like I have a good enough excuse. If I make an exception to the rule in this situation, how many other times will I feel like I have an excuse equivalently as good? If it’s so often that the rule will cease to be useful, then I can’t do it now (alternatively I will update that it’s a silly rule I shouldn’t have wanted to follow in the first place). However if it’s legitimately a very rare reason, then that’s acceptable.”
This is the standard Functional Decision Theory approach, and I’ve found it useful in dieting.
There was a LW post on this by Scott that I found useful.