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By Leo Babauta People often think, when they’re tired or don’t feel like doing a task (or a habit), that there are really only two choices: And while there isn’t anything wrong with either of these choices, I’m here to remind you that they are choices. And they’re not the only choices. What else can […]
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By Leo Babauta Every day, there are things we’re resisting, avoiding, feeling some fear about. We don’t often recognize that, but what we most often do is turn away from these things. This turning away leads to a couple of impactful things: This isn’t wrong — it’s just how things tend to go. It’s all […]
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I’m happy to report that last week’s Bases Loaded event on Life Balance went exceedingly well. I’m really delighted with how it turned out – mentally and emotionally it was a very heart-opening and connected experience. If you haven’t gone through it yet, I strongly encourage you to get the recordings and watch them this…
The recordings for our recent Bases Loaded event are now available – more than 9 hours of video in total, delivered live online over four days this week. This series is about creating a life that aligns with Courage, Love, Trust, and Joy. We covered one of these four bases in depth for each day…
By Leo Babauta How much of your day is spent either 1) trying to make yourself do something you really don’t want to do, or 2) avoiding doing that thing you don’t want to force yourself to do (and feeling guilty about it)? In truth, this is most of the day for many people. Trying […]
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Today, July 11, 2024, I’m hosting a 2-hour Zoom call on Love alignment, which is about summoning new levels of harmony, cooperation, flow, and oneness into your life. I invite you to join us. The live call is 10 AM to noon Pacific Time, and you get the recording too. Even if you can’t attend…
Yay! We’re doing a new online event this week. You’re invited! It’s called Bases Loaded, and it’s about a very unique and different approach to life balance, using a baseball diamond metaphor to help you understand the four most important balancing frequencies. This is short-notice deliberately, so we can get really high alignment for this,…
This is short-notice deliberately, so we can get really high alignment for this, meaning little gap between your decision and partaking in the live experience. This Tuesday through Friday, July 9-12, I’m hosting a series of four Zoom calls (one per day, 2 hours per call) on the topic of life balance. And it’s not…
By Leo Babauta Recently I had a reader write in to me about not being good at finishing things. A few examples of things they haven’t finished: I can relate! It can be hard to finish things — we get excited about something at the start, but when we get busy or things get hard […]
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Most of us are operating on mistaken ideas about what gives us happiness — and these errors are costly. Think about how you normally spend your days — and then think about whether that’s making you happy.