How to last the distance

Joy will take you way further than gritted teeth.

Achieve the things you want in a really easy way

Achieve the things you say you want with this ridiculously simple trick.

If-Then plan + Coping plan.

If-Then
Having a trigger which activates the goal. If chocolate is offered to me I will say no...  If my alarm goes off, then I get up and exercise.

Coping plan
When I feel tried and don't want to get up and exercise,  I only have to get to the top of the driveway and if I still don't feel like it I can come back. When I really want to say yes to the chocolate I will go have a drink of water instead.

Sabotage yourself

Why do we sabotage ourselves? Simple.  It's control over a situation you feel out of control in.  You'd rather feel safer with power than delayed gratification with 'hope'.

Be

It clicked today for me why children have such extreme emotions - they are in a constant state of single mindedness, always in the moment,  not aware of past or future,  it's only good or it's only bad...  As adults we try to replicate this through mediation,  mindfulness,  or just things that get us in the zone! Is there enough activities at work for you which let you just be in the zone? My job has always, been excellent for tasks which require full attention but you get lost in the activity...  There is nothing else that exists in that moment...

Why are you resentful?

Resentment occurs when you don't understand something and you value the opposite result.
S. Phelps

Comedy Evolution

If a big part of comedy is the element of surprise,  unpredictability, random, observation from a distance...  Then is it a surprise that we are less funny to our family/partner? Maybe it's something else,  maybe we don't care as much to try? Maybe we try too hard? Why are we not as funny in a couple after a while? Or are we just as funny but got used to it? Expected.