30 days: Change your habits, Change your life

choose your
goals
and—very important— substitute “I should” and “I have to”
with “I choose to”, “I decide to”, “I will” and “I prefer to”.
I choose to exercise more, I will eat healthier, I choose to read
more. How does that feel?
It’s important that you enjoy your activities—if not, don’t do them.
Try out this little exercise:

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I have to 
_______
A 
_______
.
If I don’t do 
_______
A 
_______
, then B will happen.
And if 
_______
B 
_______
then 
_______
C 
_______
and then 
_______
D and 
_______
E 
_______
and then 
_______
Z 
_______
.
I prefer 
_______
A 
_______
to 
_______
Z 
_______
That’s why I
choose 
_______
A 
_______
Action Step:
Make your list of “shoulds” and let go of them or rephrase them to “I
choose to” or “I decide to”.
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28
Face your fears
The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.
—PAULO COELHO
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in
which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing
which you think you cannot do.
—ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Don’t let your fears frustrate you, limit you or paralyze you!
David Joseph Schwartz puts it this way: “
Do what you fear and
your fear disappears
” and Mark Twain already knew over a
hundred years ago that 
“20 years from now you will be more