By Leo Babauta
‘Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud.’ ~J. Petit-Senn
Have you ever set out to start a new habit or goal, but found your willpower lacking?
Many new ventures are foiled by the morning email habit, for example — we want to exercise or write or meditate, but we can’t resist checking out email for just a minute … and then we’ve gotten lost, down the rabbit hole.
How can we build the willpower to beat these bad habits?
Reader Shanna Mann recently wrote:
“I’d love to see how to get over willpower being the final word on goal-setting :). I was doing morning pages this morning, and in spite of enjoying it, valuing the clarity it brings, and being able to quantifiably measure how much more productive... More...
