A problem I have that I think is fairly common:
I notice an incoming message of some kind.
For whatever reason it’s mildly aversive or I’m busy or something.
Time passes.
I feel guilty about not having replied yet.
Interacting with the message is associated with negative emotions and guilt, so it becomes more aversive.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 until the badness of not replying exceeds the escalating 4⁄5 cycle, or until the end of time.
Curious if anyone who once had this problem feels like they’ve resolved it, and if so what worked!
Check this out https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/EFQ3F6kmt4WHXRqik/ugh-fields
I haven’t totally defeated this, but I’ve had some luck with immediately replying “I am looking to reply to this properly, first I need to X” if there is an X blocking a useful reply
A problem I have that I think is fairly common:
I notice an incoming message of some kind.
For whatever reason it’s mildly aversive or I’m busy or something.
Time passes.
I feel guilty about not having replied yet.
Interacting with the message is associated with negative emotions and guilt, so it becomes more aversive.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 until the badness of not replying exceeds the escalating 4⁄5 cycle, or until the end of time.
Curious if anyone who once had this problem feels like they’ve resolved it, and if so what worked!
Check this out https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/EFQ3F6kmt4WHXRqik/ugh-fields
I haven’t totally defeated this, but I’ve had some luck with immediately replying “I am looking to reply to this properly, first I need to X” if there is an X blocking a useful reply