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A first go that actually works gives you a reason to come back, and plenty of people never do come back. But one sitting builds nothing on its own. Whatever changes comes from the small amount you do in between, on ordinary days, when nothing has happened yet.
I seek refuge with you, Lord, so that they may not come near me (Quran 23:98). The asking is done ahead of time, before anything has come near, which is the reason to practise on a quiet day.
المؤمنون
وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحۡضُرُونِ
I seek refuge with you, Lord, so that they may not come near me.’
Qur’an 23:98read it in the library
Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur'an, Oxford University Press, 2004.
In a randomised study, repeated practice at small everyday self control tasks improved how people did on later self control tasks, which suggests this is a capacity that answers to training rather than a fixed allowance. The study was small and short term, so how long any gain lasts is unknown. It still points at the days in between rather than at the one good session.
Cranwell J, Benford S, Houghton RJ, Golembewski M, Fischer JE, Hagger MS. (2014). Increasing self-regulatory energy using an Internet-based training application delivered by smartphone technology.. Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking doi
Strength of evidence: one line of research. A single study, or a theoretical account.
An early taste keeps you interested, and repetition is what actually builds the skill.
The braking part of the brain is not finished until the mid to late twenties. A teenager who cannot hold their tongue is not being defiant, they are working with equipment still under construction.
You can be in full control of what you do and still be burning inside. Calm is not the entry requirement.
Do not write down what the thought was. No words, no summaries, just the mark. This is not journaling and nobody is going to ask you what came up.