Are you an agent?

[THEfightsAREfixed]

Do you have agency ? Can you control yourself, like decide to start a new diet and then stick to it ?

I’m not sure how much agency I have, lately I’ve been reflecting on just how compulsive I am in repetitive ways. Like seeing decades of the same dynamic of behavior just in different contexts.

I wonder how many people are in control of themselves on a conscious level…

Please share you thoughts and experiences in a positive and polite manner. Thank you <3.

 

[KeepingItReal]

A little bit of control but not a lot. I went vegan about 9 years ago, but the circumstances helped a lot(I stopped working at a pizzaria and started working at a vegan restaurant). About a month ago I stopped drinking caffeinated beverages, today was actually one of the first days I drank a fully caffeinated coffee(300+mg caffeine).

Sometimes it makes sense to do a particular routine because that is simply the best thing for you to do to function at your best, but that doesn't mean it's compulsive. For me I would say the coffee thing was compulsive. At a certain point you become habituated to the caffeine so it doesn't really do anything except stop your caffeine withdrawal symptoms.

I still struggle with many compulsions though. Like being chronically late for absolutely everything, even when I give myself more time. I find ways to spend the time doing extra stuff and thus making myself late.

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Do you have agency ? Can you control yourself, like decide to start a new diet and then stick to it ?

I’m not sure how much agency I have, lately I’ve been reflecting on just how compulsive I am in repetitive ways. Like seeing decades of the same dynamic of behavior just in different contexts.

I wonder how many people are in control of themselves on a conscious level…

Please share you thoughts and experiences in a positive and polite manner. Thank you <3.

I'm a willing participant in both the good choices and the bad ones. I consider that to be agency.

Too many people front like "why do bad things always happen to me!?" When they know damn well they kind of love a certain amount of drama, and then pull some 'Who...me!?" shit when it bites them in the ass.
Basically I'm a bit of a victim blamer lol, mostly in regards to myself

 

[Yoricks Wisdom]

I prefer to be out of control on a subconcious level myself.
Leads to things like, 'wow, did I just dream that or did it really happen?'

 

[TheTickG]

Do you have agency ? Can you control yourself, like decide to start a new diet and then stick to it ?

I’m not sure how much agency I have, lately I’ve been reflecting on just how compulsive I am in repetitive ways. Like seeing decades of the same dynamic of behavior just in different contexts.

I wonder how many people are in control of themselves on a conscious level…

Please share you thoughts and experiences in a positive and polite manner. Thank you <3.

Yes, I have agency. Although that isn't a word I would normally use.

I set goals or systems, then create daily habits and logs to make sure I follow through.

 

[THEfightsAREfixed]

Yes, I have agency. Although that isn't a word I would normally use.

I set goals or systems, then create daily habits and logs to make sure I follow through.

Is it pathological, or could you stop doing that and just start flying by the seat of your pants?

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If the circumstances and context of your life and surroundings create an environment where you really couldn’t consider doing it another way; have you lost your agency? Is that then your fate? Is that bad?

 

[TheTickG]

Is it pathological, or could you stop doing that and just start flying by the seat of your pants?

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If the circumstances and context of your life and surroundings create an environment where you really couldn’t consider doing it another way; have you lost your agency? Is that then your fate? Is that bad?

It's like strength training. It's a skill and habit that gets built up and improved over time.

My environment is encouragement for this way of living, but I can certainly live without this habit as well if I wanted to.

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Yes, I have agency. Although that isn't a word I would normally use.

I set goals or systems, then create daily habits and logs to make sure I follow through.

I've often heard it used in relation to naive/easily manipulated people. I had a homegirl that always had a "new guy friend turned stalker" situation going on. I finally decided to shoot her straight

"It's fucked up that he pressured you to hook up with him, but you did go back to his hotel room around 4 in the morning right?
You can't be 32 and still 'kicking it with strangers' you met at the bar. You don't lack agency or common sense, you just like playing dumb to duck accountability, lol"

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Do you have agency ? Can you control yourself, like decide to start a new diet and then stick to it ?

I’m not sure how much agency I have, lately I’ve been reflecting on just how compulsive I am in repetitive ways. Like seeing decades of the same dynamic of behavior just in different contexts.

I wonder how many people are in control of themselves on a conscious level…

Please share you thoughts and experiences in a positive and polite manner. Thank you <3.

Since we live in the Matrix, any of us could be an agent

 

[THEfightsAREfixed]

Since we live in the Matrix, any of us could be an agent

Bet it feels so good to turn into an agent.