Can I make a confession? I love the mobile game Candy Crush. The recipe is perfect: puzzle-solving, short feedback loops, and tiny rewards all serve to keep me hooked. For hours. Every time I get a match, every time I see the animations and hear the sounds, my brain gets a dopamine hit. Every time I complete a level, I feel a sense of accomplishment as I waste hours of my day and days of my life.
I agree that some things should be avoided entirely. I heard a good point about snack food. Where it's likely too extreme to avoid it all together, but instead just don't buy it and bring it home. Only consume it at the restaurant or when out. That way you separate the consumption from your house where it is too easy to eat the snacks.
I agree that some things should be avoided entirely. I heard a good point about snack food. Where it's likely too extreme to avoid it all together, but instead just don't buy it and bring it home. Only consume it at the restaurant or when out. That way you separate the consumption from your house where it is too easy to eat the snacks.