How To Do Boring, Tedious, Difficult, but Necessary Things

Good things do not have to be infinite to be good or to have value

Good things do not have to be infinite to be good or to have value.

Progress Without Obsession

Pause to celebrate and incorporate new accomplishments, rather than hurrying immediately on to the next box to tick.

Just as Hara Hachi Bu teaches you to stop eating before you’re uncomfortably full, stopping work before the point of exhaustion leads to a more harmonious, balanced, and sustainable work ethic over time.

There is more than enough comfort, ease, relaxation, and even luxury.

And yet, we struggle to find the limit, say no, and establish some sense of contentment and sufficiency when all that’s available is excess

I am willing to pay that. I choose to pay that.”

Am I actually prepared to invest the time required to do all those things?

Disciplined people think in a distinctive way about themselves and about life. The mental frame they place around their actions and choices is precisely what enables them to build a life of order, purpose, growth, and clarity.

They fear failure yet paradoxically invite it into their lives with endless procrastination, avoidance, and delay.