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Your Environment is more powerful than you willpower. I found that to be very true. After 2 years abroad and living through a lot of very intense experiences a
by Imanari2 8y ago
Your Environment is more powerful than you willpower.
I found that to be very true. After 2 years abroad and living through a lot of very intense experiences and changes I thought I was a "new man", and indeed, I learned and changed a lot.
Then when I came back home I hang out with my old friends in our old places and I fell back into my old behavior immediately.
That's why its so hard to start working out at home, because your walls of your apartment\house tell you to keep doing what you always do in there, i.e. not working out.
- drieddust 8y agoI think all those pop psychology books have done a great disservice to us. It give us false confidence that by applying some " principles" you will influence the situation and arrive at a better outcome. In reality you influence nothing unless you have something they want.
- ishjoh 8y agoChange is hard, and like you said it's easy to fall into the same old habits. Something that has worked for me is to change something small at first. Maybe redecorate your room a little bit, or always make your bed, or always keep your room clean. Then build off of that. You're in your old city again, but you don't have to go to the places you used to, try a new lunch/dinner/beer spot. You spent 2 years abroad, you have the ability to adventure, and there's probably a ton of new people and experiences awaiting you if you get back off the beaten path in the very city you live.