# Hiding Something from Yourself?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-something-from-yourself/972060>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 23, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-something-from-yourself/972060 "2022-09-23T02:41:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-something-from-yourself/972060/21 "2022-09-24T03:38:13Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> I have done this many times, often with small hand tools. I put them away someplace just to keep them from getting lost, except I won’t remember what that is when I need the tool and then I have to get another one. After using it I’ll find a really good place to keep it that I’ll definitely remember next time, and of course that’s where I’ll find the first one. I have a nice collection of duplicate tools now.

Karnak says “Who doesn’t own a toolbox?” 😉

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-something-from-yourself/972060/22 "2022-09-24T03:47:13Z")

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This is a good story.

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**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiding-something-from-yourself/972060/23 "2022-09-24T04:30:02Z")

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Back when I smoked tobacco, I had a daily limit and wasn’t allowed to open a new pack when I already had an open pack. I always worked at least half an hour drive away from home, so I would ration out my day’s allowance of cigs and hide the rest of them in my desk at work.

This worked to keep me from going over ten cigs a day and had the side benefit of making a mental link between working and smoking tobacco. Once I retired, I smoked all the cigs I had left and never wanted another one.

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