If history serve as a guide, the opportunities of the future will be more attractive than those of today.
Without dopamine, desire died. And without desire, action stopped.
(a.) Alt. of Atomical
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
Behaviors are attractive when they help us fit in.
Whenever we are unsure how to act, we look to the group to guide our behavior.
Many of our daily habits are imitations of people we admire.
Your habits are modern-day solutions to ancient desires. New versions of old vices.
The cause of your habits is actually the prediction that precedes them.
It is emotion that allows you to mark things as good, bad, or indifferent.
Distraction is a good thing because you need distractions to practice meditation.
If I outline twenty ideas for articles I want to write, that’s motion. If I actually sit down and write an article, that’s action.
It’s easy to be in motion and convince yourself that you’re making progress.
Motion makes you feel like you’re getting things done. But really, you’re just preparing to get something done.
You don’t actually want the habit itself. What you really want is the outcome the habits delivers.
If you can’t learn the basic skill of showing up, then you have little hope of mastering the finer details.
The more immediate pleasure you get from an action, the more strongly you should question whether it aligns with your long term goals.
The more a habit becomes part of your life, the less you need outside encouragement to follow through.
Incentives can start a habit. Identity sustains a habit.
No matter how consistent you are with your habits, it is inevitable that life will interrupt you at some point.
I try to remind myself of a simple rule: never miss twice.
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