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Why Most People Can’t Stay Consistent

The Main Problem Is Their Environment.

Suva

4 min read5 hours ago

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You’ve done this before.

Monday morning, you’re fired up. You’re going to write every day, wake up earlier, finally start that project. For three days, maybe five, you’re unstoppable.

Then life happens. One missed day turns into two. Two turns into a week. By the end of the month, you’re back where you started, except now you feel a little worse about yourself.

So you do what everyone does. You decide the problem is you. You lack discipline. You’re lazy. You’re just not a consistent person.

I believed that for years. It’s also wrong.

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