



“What’s in your fridge?” He walks in, opens it and his eyes glaze like a burning flame as he stares at a beautifully carved chocolate tiramisu; He thinks for a moment, shuts the fridge and strives away from the moment of temptation.

Taking pride in this successful demeanor at his attempt to reach his weight loss goals, his wife learns a valuable lesson that moment in exercising one’s will power. After several successful attempts throughout the day and as the night was setting in, he storms his way into the bedroom, rips her clothes and passionately “devours” his wife.

What just happened?

Ego depletion.

Roy Baumeister, an American social psychologist describes this psychological trick as a self-control muscle that might become both strengthened and drained when greatly exercised; it is what happens when your will power is drained and you tend to lose your self-control in many aspects of life.

An economist at the University of Michigan by the name Dan Silverman, who was struggling in resisting grave temptations on a daily basis suggested an approach in confronting them. Ironically, the best way to confront a temptation is to avoid it altogether from the first place.

In other words, you, a diabetic, can’t expect yourself to stay in compliance with your blood sugar control goals while feasting your eyes on a molten chocolate lava cake.

The question however here is; does this act of “resisting temptations” have to always be such a tedious task? Fortunately the answer is No.

This psychological trick has been used for years and years to create sparks of intimacy in relationships like never experienced before. In his book “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty”, Dan Ariely provides us with a genius practice in helping us indulge our primal selves;

He states that the next time you want to “let it all hang out”, try depleting yourself first by doing the following;

Write a long autobiographical essay without using the letters “a” and “n”

(It is a hell of an experience but worth the try.)





Then go to a mall, try on different things but buy nothing.

(In other words, be stingy af!)





Now after resisting several temptations throughout the day and with all this depletion wearing and sucking the soul out of you, place yourself in the temptation of your desire and LET IT ALL RIP.

YOU WILL “DEVOUR” YOUR TARGET!

Now after the “devouring” process begins, the epic question here is how can you further upgrade your sensory experiences and amplify your touch perception?



