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Lisa De Pasquale's avatar

Coincidentally, this quote was just in James Clear's email today:

"Working on a problem reduces the fear of it.

It’s hard to fear a problem when you are making progress on it—even if progress is imperfect and slow.

Action relieves anxiety."

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Ethan Suplee's avatar

Hell yeah!!

It’s so true!

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Fatman.To.Ironman's avatar

I'm coming round to this way if thinking. I call myself "fat lad" to keep things light-hearted but am I actually doing myself harm? Is this a self-fulfilling prophecy and is this just another layer to defeat?

I remember someone saying that the best way to give up smoking was to see yourself as a non-smoker. By calling myself "Fat lad", I'm reinforcing that I actually am.

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