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Accounting for Porn: Perspectives on Willpower 4
What is worth more to you: looking at porn or not looking…
What is worth more to you: looking at porn or not looking at porn? Think about your decisions like an accountant would. When you face the choice to look at porn or not look at…
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Cybernetic Control Over Porn: Perspectives on Willpower 3
In our last article, we looked at what kinds of plans succeed…
In our last article, we looked at what kinds of plans succeed or fail to accomplish your goals. This article explores the interaction between you and your plans—”cybernetic control.” Cybernetic control sounds like something from…
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Planning to Overcome Porn: Perspectives on Willpower 2
In our last article, we looked at a “resource model” of willpower…
In our last article, we looked at a “resource model” of willpower to accomplish your goals. This time we shift the focus from ourselves to our goals. What makes a goal work? How do you…
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Your Most Precious Resource Against Porn: Perspectives on Willpower 1
Why is it so difficult to resist temptation? Why do goals and…
Why is it so difficult to resist temptation? Why do goals and resolutions to quit seem to diminish over time? At Covenant Eyes, we care about the willpower to overcoming porn. The field of research…
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The Right Resolutions to Quit Porn
It’s that time of year again. The time you get to start…
It’s that time of year again. The time you get to start over fresh. A time when a lot of us make resolutions as to what we will or won’t do in the next chapter…
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How Triggers Can Drain Your Willpower
Your willpower is a finite resource. You have to use it sparingly,…
Your willpower is a finite resource. You have to use it sparingly, but even in the best-case scenario, it has a limited shelf life. Like time, your willpower is ticking away. Unless you find a…
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Your Willpower Is Not Enough: How to Level Up and Quit Porn
Imagine your life as an 8-bit video game. You know, the old…
Imagine your life as an 8-bit video game. You know, the old side-scrolling video game where you progress through a world from left to right? All you have to do is get from one side…
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Porn Is Not Your Biggest Problem
*This post contains mention of sexual assault. I spent many college nights…
*This post contains mention of sexual assault. I spent many college nights scrolling through porn on my phone. Image after image flickered across my screen, but they always left me longing for more. One image…
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How Gratitude Can Supercharge Your Fight Against Porn
“Let’s go around the table and say something we’re thankful for” is…
“Let’s go around the table and say something we’re thankful for” is a clichéd Thanksgiving tradition. But this simple exercise may be more important than you realize—especially if you’re fighting the temptation to look at…
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How Much Porn Is Too Much?
If you find yourself asking how much porn is too much, there…
If you find yourself asking how much porn is too much, there is probably a reason why! Perhaps someone in your life has been negatively impacted by pornography, or maybe you have experienced the effects…