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Cake day: June 8th, 2023

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  • I do get the thing of being stuck on the association of something with pleasure or such, despite knowing from repeated experience that it doesn’t actually work out that way. All I can say is keep reminding yourself of this.

    The other suggestion I have is to try to find some other special beverage with which you can cultivate a special association.

    It may be tricky to find the right sweet spot. It can’t be something too expensive, since it sounds like that will stop you buying it, but it can’t be so trivial that you just drink it all the time and it then fails to function as a substitute special treat. Possibly the effort of making it could imbue it with specialness. Kombucha is possibly a thing like that you could make.
















  • I don’t classify ideas in my head into those two categories like that. They are all beliefs. I have a sense of how confident I am of each idea. Like how surprised I would be if they were proved wrong. And I try to maintain awareness of why I have that confidence, like other beliefs that support it, evidence, etc.

    That’s imperfect, like I can’t claim that there aren’t ideas that, if challenged, I’d think about what my supporting evidence is and come up with bupkis. Anything is up for doubt and reevaluation.

    I feel pretty strongly that this is the right approach, and that people failing to have a similar approach is a serious problem in the world.




  • I dont know if this is what you mean, but I once recieved an empty package and it was a struggle to get a replacement. It doesnt fit any categories they recognize. It’s not ‘did not recieve’ ( there was even a delivery pic), there’s nothing to return. I had to chat (IM) with someone multiple times.