3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
“The disciplined life looks impressive, but the well-designed life lasts longer. Before you try to find more willpower, design your environment and arrange your day so you're more likely to follow through.”
II.
“The most expensive part of a bad habit is rarely the action itself, but rather the identity it quietly reinforces underneath. The issue isn't skipping once. It's that you practiced being someone who skips.
Now, that doesn't mean you need to be perfect. Everyone falls off from time to time. But it is good to have a plan for getting back on track quickly. And try to find a small way to practice being the type of person you want to be today.”
III.
“Three ways to think about relationships:
- Deepening. You know each other better this year than last.
- Holding. Steady state, but mostly comfortable, familiar, and unchanged.
- Drifting. Contact is fading and the relationship is starting to slide.
The point isn't to judge where you're at, but to notice what you need next. Which relationship is due for a deepening period? Which one are you okay letting drift for now?”
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
Endurance athlete David Dack on running (and life):
“No one tells you running is 10 percent cardio and 90 percent negotiating with the voice begging you to quit.”
II.
Judge and political philosopher Montesquieu on happiness:
“If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”
Source: Mes Pensées
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
Sometimes we drag our feet. Sometimes we overextend ourselves. Either way, there are tradeoffs. What is the cost of your current pace?
Until next week,
James Clear
Author of Atomic Habits
Cofounder of Authors Equity
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