Valid question.
It's was difficult to bring the hammer down on my torrents. I loved em.
But my reasoning was I was using a product that wasn't paid for. I realize ethically it's not so cut and dry, and one can make a good case for the moral neutrality/benefits of piracy.
But I was trying to rationalize away my behavior and I had to call myself out on it.
If you've done this before you know what I mean. "I'm only fapping so I can focus later on." or "I'm drinking because I deserve to celebrate."
At the end of the day I made the decision and carried through. It was very difficult for me for various reasons- all that time and bandwidth spent. Loss of so much value.
But I couldn't rationalize away shit. I had to hold myself accountable for that. Momentum carried me through where my own willpower couldn't.
Final score:
productivity software inventory -5.
willpower +10
Congratulations Adobe.
Lesson of the day: I can't tell you how difficult it was to delete my torrents. The one thing that made it easy? Momentum. It carries you over humps, through resistance, around obstacles like magic.
I believe managing your momentum is probably among the top five most important self-management skills anyone can learn.
