1. Eating
tasty food past the point of satiety
2. Reaching for my smartphone to check for unimportant new messages or news
3. Prolonged staring at beautiful women
4. Seeking direct praise when sharing my opinions, stories, or ideas
5. Oversleeping, taking gratuitous naps, or using an alarm clock’s snooze function beyond what is reasonable
6. Consuming
secular music or films to “unwind,” not worry about life, and forget about death
7. Taking unnecessarily long showers in hot water
8. Consuming a socially acceptable drug (e.g., caffeine, alcohol) to create a desirable mental or physical state
9. Craving nonstop laughter
and fun during social conversation
10. Seeking novelty through travel
11. Gaining useless secular knowledge to feel more knowledgeable
12. Improving
my physical appearance for the main purpose of looking better than other men
13. Complaining and grumbling (usually about other people)
14. Using
modern medicine and supplements to alleviate the fear, anxiety, and physical pain of common illnesses
15. Turning on the air conditioning when it’s not that hot
16. Indulging
in fantasies where I am a hero or saint
17. Responding with anger upon an insult or false accusation