Speaking for myself, 9⁄10 if I have a commitment the next morning, I won’t stay up late on my computer because… I know I have a commitment at a set time
I don’t have the social media probrem, but I do have this problem. It’s like there’s a part of me that only cares about what happens in the immediate future (seconds to minutes) and has veto power over my actions, so that “go to bed now for benefit later” or “start some work now even though it’ll be aversive for the first few minutes until you get into the swing of it” or “start reading a new piece of fiction even though it’ll typically only start being fun after a few minutes” are all sometimes hard to get myself to do.
I don’t have the social media probrem, but I do have this problem. It’s like there’s a part of me that only cares about what happens in the immediate future (seconds to minutes) and has veto power over my actions, so that “go to bed now for benefit later” or “start some work now even though it’ll be aversive for the first few minutes until you get into the swing of it” or “start reading a new piece of fiction even though it’ll typically only start being fun after a few minutes” are all sometimes hard to get myself to do.