Source http://zenhabits.net/resistances/
By Leo Babauta
There is a part of us that resists things that are hard, uncomfortable, overwhelming, or a big change. Even if we really want to do it.
What is this resistance, and how do we work with it?
The resistance is simply our mind not wanting to do something that feels uncomfortable: anything uncertain, difficult, overwhelming, different than our normal way of doing things, awkward, painful, sad, lonely, stressful. It makes sense that we would avoid these kinds of discomfort.
Resistance shows up in so many places in our lives:
- Procrastinating on our meaningful work
- Getting addicted to distractions, social media, checking messages, shopping (as a way to avoid what we don’t want to face)
- Resisting changing our diet to something healthier
- Sitting too much, which is resisting moving more and getting away from the comfort of devices
- Re…
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