It's easy to get stuck in a cycle of pleasure seeking. The only way to escape is to break the cycle and learn to say no to yourself. If you're anything like me

It's easy to get stuck in a cycle of pleasure seeking. The only way to escape is to break the cycle and learn to say no to yourself. If you're anything like me it's hard. Very hard. If you're like me, your mind will come up with fantastical ways to stop you from getting in the way of it's pleasure seeking and difficulty aversion tendancies. For example, I went on a meditation retreat and my mind spent the whole time convincing I was going to die and should leave. Meditation is a good way to first witness the power and control your mind has over you, and then to renegotiate the relationship between your wanting and rejecting mind, and you - and ultimately what you _really_ want from your life. Discipline is the answer. That involves saying no and doing difficult things, like learning to cook, and getting out of bed to sit in silence for an hour, or putting your phone down and doing what you should be doing.