The habit you're losing yourself to (and how to get back to the truest You.)

"Keeping up" is a self-effacing habit. Here's how to take back control and shift from "doing" to "being".
Sep 2 / Melissa Demski
There’s a current to external expectations that makes getting swept up in them feel good - like achievement, progress, and belonging. The problem? “Keeping up” is a habit that has no time for inconveniences like your personal opinions, interests, dreams, and life goals.

Life, interrupted | Commit to “keeping up” every day, and you become an expert. But this habit of “keeping up” is self-effacing: it trains you for doing (more, better, everything) instead of being (present, intuitive, self-directed).

We’re ritualizing the wrong things.

How to start being | This is where most people get glassy eyed and exit stage left. Why? Search “how to start being” and your hits will likely include meditation, journaling, and nature walks. (If you’re like me, your first thoughts are something like no, I don’t want to, and what? - in that order.)

Instead, consider this: how do you get to know someone? What do you ask them? Being starts with getting to know you - maybe again, maybe for the first time ever. Questions like “what do you do,” “what are you interested in,” and “what do you care about” are intuitive places for this inner dialogue to start. This is where journaling (write your answers), mindful contemplation (think about your answers), and nature walks (let nature guide you) come into play.

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Sure, you could get back to your “to-do” list. Or, you could click here and make today the day you choose You.