You can still help the rest of us, and maybe yourself too, if you describe your situation. You don’t need to think about a way to solve it. Just tell us what the situation is and how you know it’s akrasic. (Of course, omit details as needed to feel comfortable sharing it!)
Sometimes after a break of a few days or weeks I find it hard to start work on a new painting (art) project. I have found it effective to use contrary thinking, so I tell myself to do no more than one hour of work and then I MUST stop, and I do this, then again the next day, say, an hour and a half, and then I MUST stop, which I do. By about the third day I am engrossed in the project, and stopping work is hard to do, and by then I’m over the initial problem. Works nearly every time and I have been using this technique for some years.
The relevant aspects are so bad that I really don’t want to think about it. I know it is akrasia because it’s pretty obvious. Discussing details, apart from being unpleasant, also damages my perceived status. Sorry for being too vague. I only wanted to stress that akrasia can easily expand to the meta-level, once you know about it.
You can still help the rest of us, and maybe yourself too, if you describe your situation. You don’t need to think about a way to solve it. Just tell us what the situation is and how you know it’s akrasic. (Of course, omit details as needed to feel comfortable sharing it!)
Sometimes after a break of a few days or weeks I find it hard to start work on a new painting (art) project. I have found it effective to use contrary thinking, so I tell myself to do no more than one hour of work and then I MUST stop, and I do this, then again the next day, say, an hour and a half, and then I MUST stop, which I do. By about the third day I am engrossed in the project, and stopping work is hard to do, and by then I’m over the initial problem. Works nearly every time and I have been using this technique for some years.
The relevant aspects are so bad that I really don’t want to think about it. I know it is akrasia because it’s pretty obvious. Discussing details, apart from being unpleasant, also damages my perceived status. Sorry for being too vague. I only wanted to stress that akrasia can easily expand to the meta-level, once you know about it.
The status part can be worked around by using a throwaway account.
Unless it’s akrasia that involves generating throwaway accounts on LW. :)