Difficult Things

How do I learn to enjoy and embrace difficult things and have it be an integrated part of my life? So there are two things that really helped me do that. Number one is more of a mindset shift and it's more inner work. And number two is more of a practical, strategic thing that you do to yourself. Okay, so number one is to operate from an abundance mindset rather than a scarcity mindset. If you're constantly telling yourself, oh, I have to go read books to get smarter. Oh, I have to go read a book now. Obviously you're not gonna have a good time while you're doing it. But if you identify as somebody who enjoys reading books, it's something that you like doing, it's just a part of who you are, then you're way more likely to actually follow through with doing it. This next tip is a little bit more practical and a little less theoretical. And that is to utilize habit-bunching. And that is when you pair an already existing habit that you are used to doing with one that you're trying to work on. So for instance, I'm a sucker for a great cup of coffee. I have one in the morning and one in the early afternoon. I really enjoy the taste of coffee and I look forward to it every single time. Do I have an addiction? Yes, but I can leverage this filthy habit of mine into working on another habit. A great one to pair with a coffee addiction is reading. And that's exactly how I started reading more books. Every single morning next to my coffee maker, I placed the book that I wanted to read next to it so that when I made my coffee, I knew to pick up the book and I could only drink the coffee if I was reading the book the entire time I was drinking it. Done.