#82 Choice Inflection and New Defaults

ByLukas
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Once upon a time, I consciously chose to brush my teeth every day, until brushing my teeth became my new default. Now the conscious choice I have to make is NOT brushing my teeth.

Once upon a time, during a pandemic, we consciously chose to wear face masks, until wearing face masks became the new default. Then the conscious choice we had to make was NOT wearing the face mask anymore.

Once upon a time, I consciously chose to write every day, until writing became my new default. Now the conscious choice I have to make is NOT writing.

Where else could I use a new default?

Choice inflection.

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#165 Writing doesn’t mean writing

ByLukas

When I write, I’m meditating.

When I meditate, I’m writing.

When I run, I’m meditating.

When I meditate, I’m running.

When I play the guitar, I’m meditating.

When I meditate, I’m playing the guitar.

When I meditate, I’m writing.

When I write, I’m running.

When I run, I’m playing the guitar.

And no matter what I do, I’m always living.

Life experience always carries over.

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#232 You’ll know when it’s time

ByLukas

First, you write. Then you become a writer.

First, you run. Then you become a runner.

First, you set boundaries. Then you become good at setting boundaries.

But before all that comes the decision to write. To run. To set boundaries.

Because you’re dissatisfied with the past and say never again.

Because you’re filled with excitement about a future vision.

Because you know you’re ready to make the change.

You’ll know when it’s time, my friend.

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#180 Progressive Insight

ByLukas

Performance gap: the frustrating gap between how you know something should be done in an ideal world and how you currently do it. 

One implication of the performance gap: you don’t have to master this skill today.

Another implication, maybe even more important: your idea of how something “should be done” is probably wrong anyway.

Because as you practice and gain mastery, you’ll also gain progressive insight: a more nuanced intellectual understanding of the skill you’re practicing.

What I thought was a “good” yoga session six months ago, I now see as a session full of misalignment and cramped muscles.

What I thought of as a solid piece of writing six months ago, I now see as an argument full of holes and points of improvement.

Sometimes, progressive insight is just about more nuances.

Sometimes, progressive insight shows that your initial intellectual understanding completely missed the mark.

There’s only one way to find out: practice: Sculpt away, day by day. 

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#70 Day 70 – This Is My Path

ByLukas

Daily blog post number 70.

Sometimes I’m frustrated I get less “work” done than before I started publishing daily posts.

Until I remind myself: who do I want to be?

A writer. Who writes. And publishes his writing. Every single day.

Then I realize: it’s not just who I want to be anymore, but who I choose to be. Every single day.

This is my path.

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#185 Priorities

ByLukas

We all want to avoid doing things that make us miserable.

Yet avoiding them often takes the shape of prioritizing them.

“I’ll do this unpleasant thing first so that I can get to the fun stuff.”

Unfortunately, it seems to be a rule that the more unpleasant tasks you cross off your to-do list, the more unpleasant tasks appear on your to-do list.

Sometimes it makes sense to do the essential things first, even if that means you keep the unpleasant things on your to-do list.

This is not a free pass to avoid unpleasant things and only do something you like.

It’s about doing the things that matter, regardless of whether they’re pleasant.

It’s about coming to terms with the fact that you’ll probably always drown in chores and busy work to do, then doing the important stuff anyway.

Journaling question of the day:

Where are you prioritizing and attracting things that make you miserable instead of doing the work that matters?

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