1/ Five Tempting Things You Should Avoid (a thread)
2/ It's tempting to be a people-pleaser...
To go with the flow, to give up a little here and there, just to make everyone else happy.
Conflict makes us all uncomfortable. But conflict is necessary to stand up for what we need.
Sometimes it's loving to tell someone "no."
To go with the flow, to give up a little here and there, just to make everyone else happy.
Conflict makes us all uncomfortable. But conflict is necessary to stand up for what we need.
Sometimes it's loving to tell someone "no."
3/ It's tempting to blame others for your situation...
We all get screwed in life, one way or another. We all suffer unfairly or experience some injustice.
And while we should never excuse that, we also have to realize that we're the only ones in charge of our own lives.
We all get screwed in life, one way or another. We all suffer unfairly or experience some injustice.
And while we should never excuse that, we also have to realize that we're the only ones in charge of our own lives.
4/ It's tempting to believe you don't have enough time...
There's always enough time. The problem is priorities. If it feels as though you never have enough time to do the things you want, the problem is that you're not prioritizing these things (see: people-pleasing above).
There's always enough time. The problem is priorities. If it feels as though you never have enough time to do the things you want, the problem is that you're not prioritizing these things (see: people-pleasing above).
5/ It's tempting to play it safe...
Generally, in life, rewards are proportional to risks. The smaller the risks, the smaller the rewards.
Accomplishing anything requires some degree of risk. And the more you want to accomplish, the more you will have to risk to get there.
Generally, in life, rewards are proportional to risks. The smaller the risks, the smaller the rewards.
Accomplishing anything requires some degree of risk. And the more you want to accomplish, the more you will have to risk to get there.
6/ It's tempting to judge yourself...
When things go wrong — when we fail, get rejected, or come up short — it's easy to assume that there's something fundamentally wrong with us. That we'll never change. That we shouldn't feel this way or be that way.
When things go wrong — when we fail, get rejected, or come up short — it's easy to assume that there's something fundamentally wrong with us. That we'll never change. That we shouldn't feel this way or be that way.
7/ But that judgment doesn't help us. It merely cements us in our pain. Everyone fails. Everyone has insecurities. Everyone feels like shit from time to time.
The quicker you learn to see this as a normal part of life, the quicker you move on with your life.
The quicker you learn to see this as a normal part of life, the quicker you move on with your life.
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