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How to prioritize and simplify your life
The importance of rest and relaxation
The benefits of slowing down
The internal trigger
Look for the discomfort that comes before the distraction.
Focus on the internal trigger that precedes the unwanted behavior, like feeling anxious, having a craving, feeling restless, or thinking you are incompetent.
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Explore your sensations
Get curious about the sensations you're feeling (fingers that twitch, butterflies in your stomach etc). And stay with the feeling before acting on the impulse.
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Beware of liminal moments
These are the transitions from one thing to another throughout our days (like picking up your phone while waiting for a traffic light then finding yourself still looking at your phone while driving).
What’s dangerous is that by doing them “for just a second,” you’re likely to do thin...
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Dealing with intrusive thoughts
While we can’t control the feelings and thoughts that pop into our heads, we can control what we do with them.
But we don't have to fight them, we just have to find better methods to handle them.
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The 'ten-minute rule'
If you find yourself wanting to check your phone when you can’t think of anything better to do, tell yourself it’s fine to give in, but not right now: you have to wait just ten minutes.
It helps you deal with all sorts of potential distractions, like googling something rather than working o...
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Write down the trigger
Write down the trigger, the time of day, what you were doing, and how you felt when you noticed the internal trigger that led to the distracting behavior.
The better we are at noticing the behavior, the better we’ll be at managing it over time.
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