Insights
#435 Why I decide to write every day
I don’t know why I decide to write every day. But I know writing feels right. I know it feels like what the person I want to be would do. Sometimes, that explanation is not enough. But usually that’s all the “why” I need to write again.
#434 You get to choose
What you spend your time on. Who you spend your time with. Who you listen to. What you listen to. Never forget, you get to choose.
#433 Feel it until it fades
You feel excitement. Happiness. Anger. Sadness. But you are not your excitement or happiness. Because if you allow yourself to cling to the emotions you desire, you’ll have not choice but to identify with undesirable ones, like anger and sadness, too. Thus, you feel excitement – until it fades. You feel happiness – until it…
#432 You don’t need to find motivation
You don’t need to find the motivation to start doing the work. It’s more likely you need to start doing the work to find motivation. And if it truly feels impossible to do the work, maybe you just need some rest.
#431 You can do this today.
If you doubt you can come back to a good habit after you miss a day, let me put your mind at ease: you can. Just like you can come back after a week, a month, a year, or a decade. All that counts is today. And you can do this today.
#430 You are not your emotions
Your anger is real. But you are not your anger. Your worries are real. But that doesn’t mean it’s rooted in reality. You aren’t scared. You feel scared. You are not your emotions. Emotions are not your identity.