Comment by Shelby on Share Your Anti-Akrasia Tricks · 2009-05-20T11:54:56.167Z · LW · GW

Hi everyone. I'm reading the productivity articles and suggestions on this site with some fascination.

I can understand anti-akrasia tricks being applied to certain things like health-related goals, or maybe even just finishing university.

What I'm not sure about is using tricks like these for other purposes, especially career or art-related goals. I guess my question is, if you've got to use tricks like these, maybe its a good sign you're in the wrong field, and you need to reevaluate what to pursue? I mean maybe, just maybe, you really, really don't find any intrinsic enjoyment in your chosen field, and its time to move on to something else?