365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success


Day 107: On the Innocent Distractions



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365 Days With Self-Discipline 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success by Martin Meadows (z-lib.org).epub

Day 107: On the Innocent Distractions

Distraction and displacement seem innocent on the surface. How can

we  be  harming  ourselves  by  having  fun,  or  seeking  romance,  or  enjoying

the  fruits  of  this  big,  beautiful  world?  But  lives  go  down  the  tubes  one

repetition  at  a  time,  one  deflection  at  a  time,  one  hundred  and  forty

characters at a time.

—Steven Pressfield

 

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While  it  may  seem  that  I  place  self-discipline  as  the  most  important

thing in life, I want to clarify that that’s not the case. We weren’t made for

work alone and it’s important to celebrate what life has to offer, particularly

as a reward after a job well done.

However,  we  weren’t  made  for  constantly  entertaining  ourselves  and

engaging  in  low-quality  pleasures,  either.  These  innocent  distractions  can

make life more pleasurable, but at the same time a monster hides behind the

innocence: developing an erroneous belief that there’s nothing wrong with

exceptions.

An exception every now and then won’t hurt you, but when you do it

regularly, it isn’t an exception anymore; it’s a habit. And that’s how people

continue to drink fizzy drinks, while they said a long time ago they’d stop;

how  people  continue  spending  money  they  don’t  have,  even  though  they

vowed  to  make  smart  purchases;  and  how  people  watch  TV  instead  of

learning for their next exam.

“Doing it just one more time” quickly converts into another, another,

and yet another exception, and soon the exception becomes the new norm.

Every time you catch yourself saying that you’re going to do it for the last

time, remember that (as Steven Pressfield nicely put it), lives go down the

tubes one exception at a time.





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