Re:Tricks to start working despite not feeling like it
by tvanantwerp on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @02:13PM
(#22110322)
Something I learned in, I think, Atomic Habits that helped me with this sort of reasoning:
It's not about that first day to fail to do the thing. It's about the day after.
That is to say, of course your chain will be broken. And probably for entirely rational reasons! The trick is really internalizing that inevitability and not beating yourself up over it. You have to learn to say, "Yes, I got derailed for this period; that's OK, and now I'll get back on track."
It's not about that first day to fail to do the thing. It's about the day after.
That is to say, of course your chain will be broken. And probably for entirely rational reasons! The trick is really internalizing that inevitability and not beating yourself up over it. You have to learn to say, "Yes, I got derailed for this period; that's OK, and now I'll get back on track."