Nothing is stronger than custom.

— Ovid

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Habit beats intention, argument and even preference. What you did yesterday exerts a quiet pull on today that no resolution can match, which is why the same evening keeps happening to you. It is also why a change that survives three weeks often survives three years.

Rather than deciding to be different, change one small fixed thing: where the phone sits, what time you leave the desk, which route you walk. Then let repetition do the rest of the work. You are not fighting your nature, you are rearranging what is easiest.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which daily habit would be hardest for you to break?

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