Self control is the ability to control oneself along with their desires and emotions. It is the ability to want something so bad, have the opportunity to have it, but choose not to have it because you know there could be consequences.
If you ask me, I think self-control is a very underrated trait. A lot of the time I see people exhibiting various levels of self control and I'm a bit jealous. I see them say "oh I'll sleep now and wake up at this time" or "I'll never eat this again" and they have enough willpower to actually achieve all of these things with relative ease. I on the other hand I'm relatively weak in terms of willpower. I'd plan to do something, but In the end I'll cave under pressure and end up doing it. This has been the case for my exercise routine. I'll say I'll do it and then after a month or two I'll give up. Then when I realize I'm falling off again bodywise, I start again. But it would be so much easier if I didn't stop.
It would be really amazing if all of a sudden I could wake up with absolute self control. I would be able to sleep and wake up exactly when I want, write posts every single day, do my chess training, exercise, read every day, drop 10-15 comments on people's posts, and still have at least a little fun. I set plans on how to achieve everything, but sometimes sleep, or tiredness, comes in the way and I just can't fight it. So if I could just develop absolute self control it would be a whole lot easier.
At times I'd have a lot of ideas and everything just comes scrambled and it takes a lot of time to gather my thoughts and just focus it on exactly what I'm doing at the time. I would just sit there struggling and trying to piece together all of my thoughts into words or sentences. If I could just control my mind to focus with ease.
I'm so unreliant on my willpower. I usually avoid taking any addictive substances like alcohol and the others because I'm scared I could like them and get addicted. I'm that type of person that when given a lot of sweets, I'll take one, then another, then another, then I'll tell myself I won't take another. A few minutes later I'll end up taking another, like that, like that till it finishes. At times I have to beg people to hide it from me.
These days I've been focusing a lot of my energy towards achieving self control and hopefully, little by little, I'll be able to gain a high level of self control, because I believe if one can control himself there's no limit to what he can achieve.
This is my entry to @galenkp's weekend engagement contest. I answered option 2
Assume you could acquire a single habit overnight, what would it be and why would you like to have it. How would it impact your life, be of benefit or add value and is there a reason you want that particular habit but don't yet have it?
