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Ego Depletion is when the amount of willpower you have drains over time.
What does this mean?
That you can be manipulated into doing bad things.
How do people manipulate me?
When you go to the grocery store. There is candy at the checkout. The purpose is to have you get candy while you’re Ego Depleted. You have made a ton of decisions on what food to get, and you are more susceptible to manipulation. In order to stop, this make a grocery list.
How can I stop this?
There are multiple different ways.
Habits. These are the steps you must take:
Do your habit every day for 6 months, and it should become second nature
To motivate yourself, offer yourself a reward, such as food
Make it hard to forget. For example, Write sticky notes in the morning and in your car to go exercise before work.
Make a lot of your decisions the day before.
For example, make a shopping list.Intentionally make less decisions.
Good Luck!