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CANDC · Aug 28, 2023 at 05:31 PM

@insideoutsider the good part is you do self monitoring and control distractions. My suggestion is any time you have an impulse to do something write it down and sleep on it over night or at least reflect on it and ask yourself what the consequences of doing that action might be.

Impulses for me usually mean trouble or at best a distraction. Another way to control impulses is have detailed plans for a morning or a priority list of what you need to focus on. Write down the impulse under optional activiities.

Maybe all impulses are not bad but they may be against what you really need to focus on like work or school or creative works. Another thing to do is see what motivates the impulse like the belief that doing that will make me happy. After having explored many impulses, I can say that that promise of happiness is usually just a misconception to put it nicely. Impulses lead to distraction not happiness in my opinion.

Doing things that really matter to me gives me a greater sense of satsifaction.

And maybe the best advice is to learn urge surfing.

@CANDC