Everyday Systems

An impressive NYT article by John Tierney about how mental energy comes and goes - I liked the wedding list example!

I was very cheered up to read this. I thought that being mentally exhausted and unable to function showed what a useless person I was. Now I can see that it is an entirely normal and predictable part of being human.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magaz ... wanted=all

Many thanks for this. I found the article quite useful. I recognise the problem of depleting willpower more from shopping sprees than from dieting (as my default was to eat the chocolate cake).

Cheers

Thanks for the link! Very relevant to everyday systems.

Most important part (I think) is at the end:

His studies show that people with the best self-control are the ones who structure their lives so as to conserve willpower... they establish habits that eliminate the mental effort of making choices.

Reinhard