Ego Depletion: Why Willpower Runs Out

Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

It’s 8 PM. You’ve been in meetings all day. You resisted checking Twitter during presentations. You held back your frustration when that one coworker interrupted you for the third time. You made yourself exercise even though you didn’t feel like it. You ate a salad for lunch instead of pizza.

Now you’re home. You sit down to work on your side project-the one you’re genuinely excited about.

And you have absolutely nothing left. You stare at the screen. You open Twitter (ironically, the thing you resisted all day). You order takeout. You binge-watch Netflix.

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Ego Depletion: Why Willpower Runs Out