#398 Break free from who you don’t want to be
Running when you actually don’t want to go outside.
Writing when you don’t feel like writing at all.
Standing up for who you want to be.
That’s how you finally break free.
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ByLukas“If successful and unsuccessful people share the same goals, then the goal cannot be what differentiates the winners from the losers.”
https://jamesclear.com/goals-systemsIt’s not about having goals. It’s about the follow-up questions goals raise.
“Will pursuing this goal be good for me? Physically, emotionally, mentally, and financially?”
“Is there any part of myself, my environment, and the people I care about that will suffer if I pursue this goal?”
“Who will I have become when I have achieved this goal?”
“Who do I need to be today to achieve this goal?”
“Which actions can I take today that bring me closer to achieving a goal?”
Repeated actions will overrule your thoughts. Repeated actions will change your identity. Better choose your goals and your actions intentionally.
#435 Why I decide to write every day
ByLukasI don’t know why I decide to write every day.
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I know it feels like what the person I want to be would do.
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But usually that’s all the “why” I need to write again.
#399 You don’t need to know what tomorrow will bring
ByLukasYou don’t know what tomorrow will bring.
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#201 Nothing will be perfect
ByLukasWhat would you finally dare to do today
if you knew whatever you try will never be perfect anyway?Publish a story with typos and awkward sentences?
Run a marathon without finishing it?
Play a guitar piece and trip up five times?
Sing in front of other people and miss a note?
Try a new yoga pose in class and fall over?Nothing will be perfect today.
Nothing will be perfect tomorrow.But if you take imperfect action
and dare to publish imperfect work
everything you do will have the perfect taste of progress and consistency.And that’s all that counts anyway.
#558 The fear of having to do without something
ByLukasThe fear of having to do without something
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Facing a fear makes it disappear.