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Start over: Getting good at it

Start over: Getting good at it

There’s a hope that when we start creating a new habit, we’ll master it and never have to worry about it again, or when we start a new project, it’ll go perfectly.

Unfortunately, life never goes according to our plans. Things don’t ever go smoothly, progress is never linear, and we’ll always get disrupted. 

What we need to do is get good at starting, then starting again. And again. This is an incredible skill that becomes a superpower

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How to start over: Dealing with disruptions

  • When you get disrupted, notice this and notice any tendency to be harsh with yourself about it, or resentful towards life or other people about the disruption.
  • Shake off that feeling and instead, tell yourself that life is an uncontrollable river and you just have to flow with it. Yo...

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How to start over: The skill of starting

Lots of people never do this, procrastinating, saying they’ll start tomorrow. So just starting at all is an incredible step.

The skill isn’t that hard, and with practice, you can get good at starting:

  • Take the tiniest step to get started. Any movement at all.

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