Free will?

[Whateverist]

Those certainly seem like good cases of when you've exercised a great deal of will. But notice we are no wiser how you do it. It might seem like situations like those when you must make a strong effort to resist the instinctual tendency are what we most mean by will. Some would say it is more an instance of your invoking your free won't, than free will. I won't slow down to ease the aching in my lungs. I won't lie down in the snow for just a second. But whether it is a positive action or the prevention of an action, in both cases some intention is formed and acted upon. Who does the choosing and how exactly do they put these actions (or non-actions) into play? There is something squiggly about these concepts and the way we're mashing them up. Lots of unspoken assumptions. I find it a pretty murky topic.