How to Autoregulate Your Habits
When most people try to start a new habit — like exercise, meditation, waking early, journaling — they tend to try to go as hard as they can.
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When most people try to start a new habit — like exercise, meditation, waking early, journaling — they tend to try to go as hard as they can.
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.
Every day, there are things we’re resisting, avoiding, feeling some fear about.
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)?
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
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.
I find that almost all problems are a breakdown in trusting ourselves. If we could trust ourselves fully, so many things become effortless.
Lately I’ve been waking up early (5:30am), because I traveled to London for a couple of weeks to lead a retreat, and my sleep schedule shifted.
Our days are a busy rush, often from the moment we wake up. Even in our moments of rest, we are often on our phones or using technology to distract ourselves.
For many of us in the Northern hemisphere, Spring has fully arrived: gorgeous sunshine, warmer weather, green trees, blossoms. It’s glorious!