Originally published on my free Substack blog
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. -Charles R. Swindoll
Most of us go through life feeling like we’re not in control.
Our time is filled with things we have to do, while our dreams are filled with things we assume we can’t do. Social and financial obligations dictate most of our behavior, while the remainder of our choices are constrained by fear.
Life becomes a series of things that happen to us.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can systematically conquer your anxieties and eliminate the external obstacles holding you back. You can take back control. Your life can be yours. Here’s how.
1. Do something that scares you at least once a week
All too often, fear holds us back from doing what we want to do in life. When you build the habit of facing your fears, you become inured to fear. And then, you start breaking free of the artificial self-imposed constraints that fear creates.
Related reading: How to embrace the suck and develop mental toughness.
