On doing things

So I've been obsessing over this for the past year. Why is it so hard to actually do the things. It isn't because of a shortage of plans/ scheduling/ willing teachers and certainly not because we don't -want- to. If that were the case uh we'd all be masters and whatall. And it's not like we even need to spend time learning what it is that needs t o be done - we know it. Workout schedules/ diets etc, don't work because they add an extra layer of executive functioning in your life that takes from an already exhaustive list of obligations. Most of the books I read point towards making the "dedicated" learning or directed actions as simple and dumb-easy as possible. Because those are sustainable
But the problem with really easy things done daily is that they're really easy .


Really easy to do and really easy...not to do


There's a ton of folks talking about different "catchy" things that'll finally get you to do the things that you want to vs. being pushed around by life's whims. But of all the books I read, Tiny Habits is probably the one I'd give weight to. Mostly because a) quick book, b) you can literally watch his free youtube videos instead and c) the dude basically started the whole behavioural study department in Stanford


Popular media really does everyone a disservice because we're told to expect these waves of drama/ narratives in our lives. Big changes. Big practice sessions. But the reality is that those are never sustainable, tiny tiny changes, so easy that you can't fail, are much more sustainable. But they're not impressive (you can't brag about reading 5 pages of a book a day) and they feel like cheating (can you really just floss one tooth?). But these pave the way for real change