Willpower Isn’t Finite

The secret to unlimited motivation lies in how you view it

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I’ve used up all my willpower today, so I’m going to eat some mint chocolate chip ice cream in my underwear in front of some mindless reality television.

We’ve all been there. And we have been conditioned to believe that when we have used up our daily allotment of self-control, we should just throw in…