I’m not the kwisatz haderach…
…but most of the time I know what’s going to happen as the result of my actions.
Why is it that so many times even if I know something bad happen as a result of something I do, I can’t stop myself from doing it? It’s not as if the adverse affect of my action isn’t forseeable… at times it’s even on my mind as I’m in the act of doing whatever it is I’m doing… But I do it anyways.
Things like… Drugs, gossip, shit talking, binge drinking, shopping too much, not paying my bills, leaving shit in the fridge until it rots…
Sure, they’re not all on the same level of rotteness, but regardless the result is always the same: the action or inaction comes back to me, and I am unhappy as a result of it.
At least one action that is guaranteed to make me happy.
However temporarily…
Why do we do things that are bad for us, even though we fully know what the result will be?