Probably the latter if you find yourself always breaking your promises to yourself.
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I get it! We are programmed to seek pleasure and avoid pain.
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We’ve been reinforcing our escape habits for a long time!
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It’s not easy to change overnight, but change is possible.
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If you’ve made a promise to yourself – to stop eating sugar, to work out in the mornings, to cut back your drinking – stay conscious when you start talking yourself out of it.
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What discomfort are you trying to avoid? Restlessness? Loneliness?
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Once you name it, it’s easier to change it.