Progress Requires Unlearning

Men walking the channel in Lake Havasu AZ
Walking the Channel, Lake Havasu AZ. iphone 12 Pro with Adobe Capture

On any given day, you may struggle with your habits because you’re too busy or too tired or too overwhelmed or hundreds of other reasons. Over the long run, the real reason you fail to stick with habits is that your self-image gets in the way. This is why you can’t get too attached to one version of your identity.

Progress requires unlearning. Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.

— James Clear

  • Stop Worrying About How Much You Matter And Take Advantage Of Your New Freedom
    Whether you’re feeling irrelevant from a recent retirement, job loss, relationship change, or another big life event, don’t despair. Stop worrying about how much you matter, and take advantage of your new freedom. — John P. Weiss on Medium
  • The End Is Where We Begin From
    What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we begin from. — T. S. Eliot
  • Just Relax. It’s Not A White Flag Out The Window
    how can we point at a horizon yet still fear death just relax it’s not a white flag out the window it’s my new panties I will never surrender — Caconrad from poem From “Listen to the Golden Boomerang Hour”
  • Lakes And Rivers Are Excellent Teachers
    Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountains, and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than what we could learn from books. — John Lubbock
  • Thank You Being Born My Daughter
    I don’t know how to help you but please remember. Love you Thank you being born my daughter. — Kim Seong Eun and Cindy Juyoung Ok from poem P. S. Please Forgive Poor Grammar