Conversations with Myself

[charmingbillie]

Me: I would like to have another cookie

Myself: But right now you feel good.  And if you have another cookie you will feel bad.  Which would you rather feel, bad or good?

Me: I would rather have another cookie.

But I did not have another cookie!  So I win.

Except for the part of me that still wants a cookie.

Comments

[affinity8]

You can give me that cookie and then you won't be tempted.

[charmingbillie]

Good idea!

[jennreese]

I have this conversation with myself all the time, except mine always end with: "I had another cookie and now I feel bad. Maybe another cookie will make me care less."

[charmingbillie]

Oh yeah, I've had that conversation.

Also the one that goes: There are only x number of cookies left. I should probably eat all of them RIGHT NOW, even though I don't actually want all of them.

[jennreese]

It's one of the worst feelings in the world: to be eating a cookie, know that you don't want it, it doesn't taste good, and you are not enjoying the process at all, but then to continue eating it anyway.

[charmingbillie]

If I'm conscious enough about what I'm doing (which I'm usually not), the fifteen minute rule often works for me--as in, if I still want a cookie in fifteen minutes, I'll have one. I would like to try to make that work more often.