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First, realize that you actually cannot do everything you should. You can't even do everything you want to do. That's okay, that's just the normal constraint of living in a world where time isn't infinite.
Therefore, it's totally okay to acknowledge that there's a trade-off between different pursuits. You might want to meditate an hour every day, but recognize that this will cut into your gym habit. Or you might decide that waking up early is going to cut into your social life.
I won't decide which you ought to prioritize-that's for you to choose. I'm not even consistent with how I make this choice. At some points in my life, I've prioritized my health and fitness, other times my social life, reading or some other activity. While, in theory, there's enough time for everything, in practice there are almost always trade-offs.
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Wake up at 5am. Read a book a week. Exercise every day-but make sure it's high-intensity or it doesn't count. Journal. Meditate. Volunteer.
Living well sounds exhausting. Maybe it's just easier to flop down and watch Netflix?
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Is it simply the case that your energy is limited, and if you put in effort in one area of your life, you're necessarily sucking it away from another area?
This is a common view, but the research shows it's actually a lot more complicated. Roy Baumeister helped develop the view of
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Except ego depletion hasn't stood up as well as a scientific concept after more rigorous replications. Indeed, there's research that shows that the way you think of your own willpower affects its depletion. If you believe ...
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