It seems reasonable to mention that I know of many who have started doing “spells” like this, with a rationalized “oh I’m just hypnotizing myself, I don’t actually believe in magic” framing who then start to go off the deep-end and start actually believing in magic.
That’s not to say this happens in every case or even in most cases. Its also not to say that hypnotizing yourself can’t be useful sometimes. But it is to say that if you find this tempting to do because you really like the idea of magic existing in real life, I suggest you re-readsome partsof the sequences.
(you also may want to look into other ways of improving your conscientiousness if you’re struggling with that. Things like todo systems, or daily planners, or simply regularly trying hard things)
It seems reasonable to mention that I know of many who have started doing “spells” like this, with a rationalized “oh I’m just hypnotizing myself, I don’t actually believe in magic” framing who then start to go off the deep-end and start actually believing in magic.
That’s not to say this happens in every case or even in most cases. Its also not to say that hypnotizing yourself can’t be useful sometimes. But it is to say that if you find this tempting to do because you really like the idea of magic existing in real life, I suggest you re-read some parts of the sequences.
(you also may want to look into other ways of improving your conscientiousness if you’re struggling with that. Things like todo systems, or daily planners, or simply regularly trying hard things)