Friends good morning and welcome to Day 17 of the #30daymentalchallenge. As always join any time with link in bio. Today’s focus is based on “Habit 13” from The Miracle Habits. Few things are more depleting of your happiness and sense of self than internalized conformity...1/6
2/6 I do not exactly mean outer peer pressure, which I’ll address tomorrow, but rather the limitations that we internalize as a matter of rote and thus limit our senses, large and small, of solutions, possibilities, and avenues of expression. I do not suggest a...
3/6 go-it-alone approach to life. We are all connected and relationships are at the basis of everything. But you will naturally attract more of the people with whom you want to be connected when you stop acting “like them” and ask yourself: what do I truly want? In that vein,...
4/6 it is better to be nobly alone than in compromised company. The right people are drawn to us to fulfill something in themselves not to enforce something in us. Take this day, in however small a manner, to enact something constructive with no reference other than your own...
5/6 proclivity or passion. This might be ridding yourself of some object. It might mean performing a task without anyone’s approbation. You will also have to shoulder the consequences so be thoughtful—but BE. And see how you stand afterward...
6/6 Also review your written statement again today. I will be doing it with you. Wishing you all good things, -M- 🧷✊⚡️mitch-horowitz-nyc.medium.com/the-30-day-men…

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