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Made in Cosmos

@made_in_cosmos

Dec 10, 2019

What are good questions that you ask yourself?

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Made in Cosmos

@made_in_cosmos

Dec 10, 2019

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Depending on the situation: What would have to happen for me to change my mind on X? In what ways X is true? In what ways the opposite is true? How would X look like if it were easy? How does success look like? What can I put my whole heart into? What am I unwilling to feel?

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People consistently fail to ask themselves very basic questions of physiology and well-being, like "do I feel good in my current posture?" These are all Good Questions, but probably best approached as grounds for habit development.

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Ouch. You just caught me sitting with the worst possible posture and it shows 😃 What do you mean by habit development? Journaling on these regularly?

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I mean it's realistically impossible to pay attention to all the cues with the massive executive function load we live under. Hence, best option is to note problem areas in which to deliberately create good habits. Once said habits hit unconscious competence, you're set.

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Breathing right and sitting straight is not gonna happen without deliberate focus, unless you just do that as a matter of course. E.g. ex-wife used to work out a lot and resultantly had perfect posture. Her posture only degraded because of immobilizing postnatal complications.

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I used to do pranayama and had a period of a few years where, despite being in poor shape, I consistently was at fewer than 5 breaths/minute.