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 396 - How To Be Less Needy
TAP 395 - Former NHL Player Clint Malarchuk On Playing Pro Sports with Mental Health Issues, Nearly Dying 3 Times & The Crazy Game - Rerun
TAP 394 - How I Deal With Anxiety Today
TAP 393 - Jeremy Goldberg on Making Kindness Cool - Rerun
TAP 392 - The Truth
TAP 391 - The Secret To Making Huge Positive Changes
TAP 390 - Why You Should Start Now & How To Do It
TAP 389 - Exposure & Disclosure - Rerun
TAP 388 - All You Need, You Already Have - Rerun
TAP 387 - What Holding Space Means
TAP 386 - Procrastination & Anxiety
TAP 385 - How To Set Boundaries For Your Anxiety
TAP 384 - Anxiety Afterglow - Rerun
TAP 383 - Why You Feel Like You're Behind In Life
TAP 382 - Act Like You're Never Going To Leave - Rerun
TAP 381 - Moving Through Anxiety
TAP 380 - Thanksgiving
TAP 379 - Panic Attacks, Relationships & Work
TAP 378 - Physical Anxiety vs Emotional Anxiety - Rerun
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