Summary:
In this episode I discuss how being flexible can help us be less anxious. When we optimize and set up routines this keeps us confined and doesn’t allow us to change plans and adapt.
This episode was inspired in part by this article from zenhabits.net
"If your life is optimized, it’s easy to break. To give you another example … let’s say you have an optimized sleep routine. It’s amazing, and you get great sleep this way! But then you have to fumigate your house, so you have to sleep at a relative’s house. Your entire optimized routine is thrown off, so you get horrible sleep for a few days. Then you try to optimize your sleep for travel, getting a great setup for sleeping on the plane and trains. Then your favorite sleep mask, ear plugs (or noise-canceling headphones) and travel pillow get stolen. No sleep! The most optimized thing to do, then, is to not optimize — get good at dealing with everything, from sleeping on trains without any kind of setup to sleeping on the ground. Unoptimize your life by getting good at dealing with unoptimal situations. Throw randomized craziness into your life. Forget about optimizing, and learn flexibility, learn to deal, learn to let go, learn to adapt."
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TAP 297 - How to Stop Taking Things Personally
TAP 296 - Attaching Fear to a Place, Person or Thing
TAP 295 - Saying Yes to You & No to Others
TAP 293 - How To Live Without A Safety Net
TAP 292 - Wes Greenwood on Taking a Year Off
TAP 291 - Listener Questions on Medication, The Dentist and Key Tactics for Recovery
TAP 290 - Highlights and Insights From UK Trip
TAP 289 - A Surprise & The Importance of Family Time
TAP 288 - How To Fall Back In Love With Your Job
TAP 287 - When Should You Push Through & When You Should Rest
TAP 286 - Relationship Anxiety
TAP 285 - Spur Of The Moment
TAP 284 - Intention
TAP 283 - How To Overcome Anxiety and Pursue Your Dreams
TAP 282 - Life Lessons from My Mum
TAP 281 - Self Belief & Confidence
TAP 280 - Jake Heilbrunn on How to Replace Anxiety With Purpose
TAP 279 - Trust The Process
TAP 278 - Go With The Flow
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