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 413 - Why You Should Move Everyday - Rerun
TAP 412 - Delayed Gratification
TAP 411 - Tim Talks To Carly Carey About Anxiety During The Pandemic
TAP 410 - 4 Things To Lower Your Stress/ Anxiety And 4 That Will Increase It
TAP 409 - Why Now Is The Best Time To Help
TAP 408 - Tim Gets Interviewed On The Phillip Gagnon Show
TAP 407 - How To Get Through Tough Times
TAP 406 - How To Start A Gratitude & Journaling Practice Today
TAP 405 - How To Choose Positivity & Help Others At The Same Time
TAP 404 - How To Meditate in 13 Seconds
TAP 403 - Greg Habstritt On Managing Fear, Isolation & Staying Connected During The Pandemic
TAP 402 - Meditation For Anxiety
TAP 401 - Being Fearless Precisely When You're Most Scared - Rerun
TAP 400 - Coronavirus Anxiety
TAP 399 - It's Not You, It's Me
TAP 398 - What To Do When You Feel Like Giving Up
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