{"id":72864,"date":"2020-11-21T09:33:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T14:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/?p=72864"},"modified":"2021-06-04T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T19:45:39","slug":"two-truths-about-moderation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/blog\/two-truths-about-moderation\/","title":{"rendered":"two truths about moderation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I have a love hate relationship with the word \u201cmoderation\u201d.\u2063\u2063
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For the most part, I think the word is problematic and the phrase \u201ceverything in moderation\u201d needs to go.\u2063\u2063
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Here\u2019s why:\u2063\u2063
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Moderation assumes that you know what either extremes look like and consciously teeter between them. Moderation assumes that you know how to self-regulate and that you can most (read: all) of the time. Moderation assumes that both excess and scarcity are problems and IT is the only solution. \u2063<\/p>

Moderation logic is deeply flawed and we need to talk about it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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NO ONE ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW TO PRACTICE MODERATION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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I\u00a0think\u00a0what people mean when they say they strive for moderation is that sometimes when they are tempted to do something, they fight back, and every now and then, they win.\u2063\u2063<\/span>\u2063\u2063<\/span><\/p>

That\u2019s great, but there\u2019s two critical problems:\u2063\u2063<\/span><\/p>

(1) willpower is finite and not a very effective long-term strategy and\u2063\u2063<\/span>
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(2) chances are you are unaware how often you actually win your internal battles\u2063\u2063<\/span>
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>> moderate your sugar consumption and avoid weight gain. \u2063\u2063<\/span>
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>> moderate your spending and you\u2019ll avoid debt. \u2063\u2063<\/span>
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>> moderate your screen time use and you\u2019ll be more productive, creative, and present.\u2063\u2063<\/span>
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The problem is that we usually fight temptation (to a sh!t pile of sugar, spend on frivolous things, turn off devices) with willpower and if there is one thing that you should know by now: thin bandwidth, low resiliency and long run willpower is no match for temptation. \u2063\u2063<\/span>
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You can only fight for so long before your emotional energy is completely spent and your ability to make good decisions is exhausted. \u2063\u2063<\/span>
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And you give in.\u2063\u2063<\/span>
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When it comes to fighting excess, the answer is to create systems that demand fewer decisions from you. \u2063\u2063<\/span>
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Create systems and build habits that encourage you to make the choices you want to make – on autopilot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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I think the word moderation is problematic and the phrase \u201ceverything in moderation\u201d needs to go.\u2063\u2063 Moderation logic is deeply flawed and we need to talk about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,144,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-habit-change","category-health-behavior-change","category-myth-busting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72864"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74968,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72864\/revisions\/74968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}