(A caution: I’ve found that naive implementations of the “reward oneself with candy” method for overcoming akrasia don’t work because it becomes too tempting to just eat the candy for no reason. It has been suggested to me that it might help to explicitly write down beforehand exactly what actions justify a reward, but I haven’t gotten around to testing this yet. Individual results may vary; further research is needed.)
(A caution: I’ve found that naive implementations of the “reward oneself with candy” method for overcoming akrasia don’t work because it becomes too tempting to just eat the candy for no reason. It has been suggested to me that it might help to explicitly write down beforehand exactly what actions justify a reward, but I haven’t gotten around to testing this yet. Individual results may vary; further research is needed.)