[CodeDiver]

Giving yourself permission to be impulsive is a habit. Self-control is also a habit.

Intellectually, you already know these internet discussions don't matter to your life. The other advice in this thread about thinking more reasonably isn't gonna help much--you're already reasonable. The problem is that your impulsivity is a habit you've built up by repetition. Habits can override reason, if you're not attentive.

So pay attention to your habits. Frame your problem as a bad habit, so you can treat the habit. Define the good habit you'd like to live by. Work up the initial determination to break your bad habit. Then arrange the next couple weeks of your life around reinforcing/maintaining the new habit through repetition.

With repetition, doing the right thing gets easier.

[medienjunkie]

Thanks, framing it that way makes a lot of sense!