Self-Control, or the Lack Thereof
Yup:
The researchers conclude: "People have a limited amount of self-control, and tasks requiring controlled, willful action quickly deplete this central resource. Exerting self-control on one task impairs performance on subsequent tasks requiring the same resource."
So, basically, all that self-control I exert staying on task during my work day (in the face of chatty office neighbors, friendly office dogs, mad tons of junk food, no direct supervision, teh INTERNETZ, etc) impairs my ability to say no to the salty salty potato chips at my desk.
There was an article on this in the NYTimes recently too, no? Where they were all, "you can train your self-control just like training a muscle!"
If that's true, I should have SELF-CONTROL OF STEEL by the end of this year. That or 15 lbs of potato chip-induced weight gain.
(via 43folders)