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Solution | Jul 09 2003

For a long time I was unhappy and unproductive and would end up masturbating a lot in the middle of the day, which overall wasn’t such a hot idea. But then this morning, in a flash of inspiration, I realized what was wrong and resolved to finally do something about. So what I did was, I re-organized my email folders. The new rule is: Nothing stays in the In folder.

It was the In folder that was upsetting me. I would look at all that unanswered email and think, I can’t do this, it’s too much, I’m only one person, and then pretty soon I’d start jerking off.

So this morning I created a new folder called Reply. If something needs to be replied to but I don’t feel like doing it just then, I transfer it to Reply. This way I don’t have to be constantly reminded of what I’m not doing and can concentrate instead on actually doing something.

The result: It’s only been a few hours, but so far I’m feeling much better and have been getting things done and haven’t even once thought of touching myself.