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Wagner, W. Kelley, and T. Heatherton, “Correlates of Self-Regulatory Depletion in Chronic Dieters” (poster presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Texas, 2011).
    51 craving sweet things to eat: Masicampo and Baumeister conducted these experiments in 2011, and as of this writing their manuscript has been submitted for publication.
    51 Jennifer Love Hewitt: “That time of the month again,” OK!, September 22, 2009, http://www.ok.co.uk/posts/view/14355/That-time-of-the-month-again .
    52 “It ruins a large portion of my life”: “The worst PMS on the planet,” NoPeriod .com, http://www.noperiod.com/stories.html . Other comments on PMS are at PMS Central, http://www.pmscentral.com/ .
    52 Marg Helgenberger’s PMS Pink: D. R. Coleridge, “CSI Star’s Emmy Thrill,” TV Guide, July 20, 2001, http://www.tvguide.com/news/CSI-Stars-Emmy-36572.aspx .
    53 physiological explanation for PMS: M. T. Gailliot, B. Hildebrandt, L. A. Eckel, and R. F. Baumeister, “A Theory of Limited Metabolic Energy and Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) Symptoms: Increased Metabolic Demands During the Luteal Phase Divert Metabolic Resources from and Impair Self-Control,” Review of General Psychology 14 (2010): 269–82.
    58 Mary J. Blige: “Oprah Talks to Mary J. Blige,” O, May 15, 2006, http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Oprah-Interviews-Mary-J-Blige/3 .
    59 driving a car when sick: http://www.yell.com/motoring/blog/having-a-cold-or-the-flu-can-affect-your-driving/ contains secondary source; link to study at http://www.insurance.lloydstsb.com/personal/general/mediacentre/sneeze_and_drive.asp .
    60 workers who were not getting enough sleep; unethical behavior: C. M. Barnes, J. Shaubroeck, M. Hugh, and S. Ghumman, “Lack of Sleep and Unethical Conduct,” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (in press; publication is likely in late 2011 or early 2012). In contrast, a recent paper found no effect of sleep deprivation on self-control of aggression: K. D. Vohs, B. D. Glass, W. T. Maddox, and A. B. Markman, “Ego Depletion Is Not Just Fatigue: Evidence from a Total Sleep Deprivation Experiment,” Social Psychological and Personality Science 2 (2011): 16–173.

CHAPTER 3: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TO-DO LIST
    63 course of moral perfection: Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1895), 147–64.
    65 Franklin’s showing off booklet: W. Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003), 92.
    66 studies on conflicting goals: R. A. Emmons and L. A. King, “Conflict among Personal Strivings: Immediate and Long-Term Implications for Psychological and Physical Well-being,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 54 (1988): 1040–48. Also see H. W. Maphet and A. L. Miller, “Compliance, Temptation, and Conflicting Instructions,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 42 (1982): 137–44.
    68 addicts thinking of the future: W. Bickel and M. W. Johnson, “Delay Discounting: A Fundamental Behavioral Process of Drug Dependence,” in G. Loewenstein, D. Read, and R. Baumeister, eds., Time and Decision (New York: Russell Sage, 2003), 419–40.
    70 proximal versus distal goals: A. Bandura and D. H. Schunk, “Cultivating Competence, Self-Efficacy, and Intrinsic Interest Through Proximal Self-Motivation,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 41 (1981): 586–98.
    71 Dutch study on distal goals: M. L. De Volder and W. Lens, “Academic Achievement and Future Time Perspective as a Cognitive-Motivational Concept,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 42 (1982): 566–71.
    72 daily versus monthly plans: D. S. Kirschenbaum, L. L. Humphrey, and S. D. Malett, “Specificity of Planning in Adult Self-Control: An Applied Investigation,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 40 (1981): 941–50. Also see D. S. Kirschenbaum, S. Malett, L. L. Humphrey, and A. J. Tomarken, “Specificity of Planning and the Maintenance of Self-Control: 1 Year Follow-up of a Study Improvement Program,” Behavior Therapy 13 (1982): 232–40.
    73 Napoleon on improvising: O. Connelly, Blundering to Glory: Napoleon’s Military Campaigns (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), p. ix.
    73 Prussian military planning: H. Koch, A History of Prussia (New York: Dorset, 1978).
    73 D-day schedule: “First U.S. Army Operations Plan ‘Neptune,’” 1944, reprinted at Primary Source Documents, Encyclopedia Britannica,