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Control The Narrative Of Your Life
Change what you can control, let go of what you can’t and expect unfairness, difficulties and pain. Everything in your life is your responsibility, and what makes a negative occurrence bad is how you deal with it, not the thing itself.
Accepting full responsibility rids you of excuses and lets you associate the issues of life with your inability to deal with them. It’s important not to be too hard on yourself, but this association leads to proactivity.
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Misery And The Mind
Misery can be influenced by your circumstances, but it is largely indifferent to them because it grows from within. Most of us have everything that we need to avoid it, but our untrained brains are prone to create it through anxiety.
This concept is easy to understand but it requires...
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Diversify Your Sources Of Joy
We only have so much time and energy, so it’s good to eliminate the meaningless things we do. And then spread your remaining time and energy across multiple sources.
Balance work with other hobbies or personal projects, increase the number of people you can rely on, etc. Over a long enou...
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“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.”
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You’re In Control Of Your Life
Deep down we know we're responsible for our situations, but accepting that it's hard. Because it means we’re the ones that have to change and take responsibility.
Denial feels bad, but it hurts a little less than accepting the truth of your role in your own life.
See The Wonders Of Life
Most people have things they are insecure about and unresolved childhood issues. Those tend to dampen enthusiasm and inspiration.
You can change this by deliberately focusing on the wonderful things of life and being mindful of what you do. This lets you see things differently...
The (un)fairness of life
A surprising number of us subconsciously expect life to be fair, and we believe that any unfairness that we experience will somehow be balanced out, even if we don’t do anything about it.
If you’re stuck in that mindset, it’s time to get over it. When something “unfair” happens, don...
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