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> If you find that too difficult, then your goal is not really something you care about, so think harder. From personal experience, agreed that you shouldn’t h

> If you find that too difficult, then your goal is not really something you care about, so think harder. From personal experience, agreed that you shouldn’t have to make yourself, and instead realizing that you want it. Disagreed with ‘think harder’, though. When mind is foggy, thinking harder doesn’t seem to help; and when mind is clear, things tend to be obvious without thinking. When you woke up to a spinning room, you probably didn’t have to think too hard about goals or whether you’d want to experience that again. It was a moment of clarity. However, when everything is going mostly well and there are no incoming existential warnings—just normal ups and downs of life—such moments can be elusive to some of us. I’d say regularly practicing different ways of inducing bouts of mindfulness (how? I wish I knew) might be the only habit worth development per se.

nickjj 10y ago
Right, when the room was spinning, I didn't think "I better read a Tim Ferris book!" or "what type of application should I use to schedule my time to monitor habits". It was more like sitting down and having a conversation with myself that went something like this: "You're not in that bad shape, but something is messed up. Cigarettes are terrible and while you're not overweight, you're inactive and that needs to change or you're going to die". Then I basically evaluated my life up until that point and made sweeping changes based on a bunch of goals that I wrote out. The really funny thing is, death wasn't enough to keep me motivated with walking. Not because I hated it that much, but it was really easy to get trolled by my own brain with thoughts such as "you just walked 4 miles in 4 days after sitting at a computer desk for years... you're fine man". Now I have long term goals and walking meshes well with my life style. I've grown to like it because of what it allows me to do, not because of the mechanical motion of walking.
DenisM 10y ago
> regularly practicing different ways of inducing bouts of mindfulness (how? I wish I knew) Talk to a shrink. Having paid for it does wonders for your ability to focus the conversation on your goals.

nickjj 10y ago

Right, when the room was spinning, I didn't think "I better read a Tim Ferris book!" or "what type of application should I use to schedule my time to monitor habits". It was more like sitting down and having a conversation with myself that went something like this: "You're not in that bad shape, but something is messed up. Cigarettes are terrible and while you're not overweight, you're inactive and that needs to change or you're going to die". Then I basically evaluated my life up until that point and made sweeping changes based on a bunch of goals that I wrote out. The really funny thing is, death wasn't enough to keep me motivated with walking. Not because I hated it that much, but it was really easy to get trolled by my own brain with thoughts such as "you just walked 4 miles in 4 days after sitting at a computer desk for years... you're fine man". Now I have long term goals and walking meshes well with my life style. I've grown to like it because of what it allows me to do, not because of the mechanical motion of walking.

DenisM 10y ago

> regularly practicing different ways of inducing bouts of mindfulness (how? I wish I knew) Talk to a shrink. Having paid for it does wonders for your ability to focus the conversation on your goals.