Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering

Framework For Implementing Non-Thinking Into Your Work
1. Create a list of things you do in your work that drain you of
energy — things that you don’t like doing or just feel
overall heavy in your work.
2. Create a list of things you do in your work that gives you
energy — things that make you feel inspired, energetic,
alive, and light.
3. Go back through your whole list and give a rating for each
activity that you do on a scale from 1-10 with 1 being
extremely energy draining and 10 making you feel the
most alive and inspired when you do it.
4. Each week, eliminate 1-3 things from your energy draining
list and do more of the activities that are a 9 and 10 on
your list.
5. The goal is to get to a point where you’re spending 80% of
your work time doing things that are a 9 and 10 on your
list.

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A Guide To Overcoming Destructive Habits/Behaviors
As you create more space and begin not thinking as much, you’ll
quickly discover that you will become aware of a lot of negative,
destructive habits you may have that keep making you more prone
to suffering. This is completely okay. Do not beat yourself up about it
because it will only make things worse. Here is a more detailed
guide below that will help you break any destructive habits:
1. Become aware of what behavior you want to change and
confirm that it is something you genuinely want to alter.
Understand that if you want to change and stop the vicious
cycle of suffering, you’re going to have to change and let
go of the beliefs you’re holding onto that are creating the
suffering. If you don’t want to change it, there’s no point in
continuing forward, but if you do want to change, then let’s
begin the process of letting go.
2. Write down in exact, meticulous detail what happens with
this behavior (how many times it happens, when it
happens, etc.) Don’t spare any details.
3. What are you feeling in the moment right before you begin
the behavior? What’s the feeling that triggers the
behavior? Be honest with yourself.
4. What specific thinking patterns are going on?