tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434668023705387232.post7734419209391345095..comments2023-06-27T09:23:51.659-05:00Comments on like a lake: Self-Regulationpr1ttyrickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564404488295009464noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434668023705387232.post-36779071501393671962009-03-24T12:38:00.000-05:002009-03-24T12:38:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comment Tim. I agree with you that ...Thanks for the comment Tim. <BR/><BR/>I agree with you that setting up an implementation intention will save precious ego resources for deciding to do the associated behavior, but you'll still have to use some of those resources to go through with that behavior. <BR/><BR/>Ultimately, what I'm interested in is how such a strategy effects your behavior in areas not associated with the implementation intention. <BR/><BR/>So, for instance, say that I want to restrict junk food from my diet. And I form an implementation intention in the form that every time I see a donut, I'll ignore it. Then deciding to ignore the donut will be automatic, but going through with ignoring the tasty treat will still take some will-power. How will that affect later tasks? Perhaps it will gradually be easier to ignore donuts, but if I encounter 10 donuts (or whatever treat) throughout one day, how will that build up of ego-depletion affect my self-regulation on more important tasks, such as studying or whatever?<BR/><BR/>I think setting up these intentions is a good strategy for the behavior associated with them, but I'd like to see how they affect other behaviors that aren't relevant to the intention.pr1ttyrickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04564404488295009464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434668023705387232.post-5369207764150382092009-03-24T12:00:00.000-05:002009-03-24T12:00:00.000-05:00Cited earlier in the implementation intention arti...Cited earlier in the implementation intention article was the idea of pre-deciding things. Part of the implementation intention itself is to tell yourself how you will act in a given situation. I think that energy is saved when you have pre-decided something and all you need to do is act as you told yourself you would in that situation. You don't have to go through the (ego-depleting) process of having to weigh out the pro's and the con's in this context. The more that you engage in this behavior seems related to how much energy savings you can get. The more you do this, the more energy will be saved each time in not having to to decide what to do.TimmyD.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01985850862694910074noreply@blogger.com