Why I Do This
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I Could Not Explain Why I Kept Going to the Same Class
When someone asked me a simple question about a habit I had kept for two years, I realized I did not have an answer, and that gap was worth sitting in instead of filling quickly.
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The Habit I Kept Because Stopping Felt Like Losing an Argument
I noticed I was defending a habit more fiercely than I actually enjoyed it, and the gap between those two things turned…
The Habit I Only Kept Because I Was Afraid of Who I Would Be Without It
I finally admitted that fear, not desire, was the engine behind one of my longest habits, and separating the two changed how…
The Question I Ask Before I Post the Before and After Photo
I used to think documenting my progress was for accountability. Then I noticed I only wanted to document the good days, and…
Three Things I Do for Me and Three I Do for an Audience I Never Named
I made an actual list, split down the middle, and the split surprised me more than I expected it to.