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10 Tiny Habits to Always Choose Yourself No Matter What
The present moment is all you’ve got.
Of late, I’ve been pondering a lot over the futility of life.
No matter what you do or how hard you work, something somewhere might happen that might make all your efforts pointless.
So much of what happens in the world is not in our control, that our attempts to strictly monitor our present for a better future seems futile.
How will you feel if you slog through your present for a future that never comes?
The only thing we truly can control is the present moment. How we’re living now, at this very instant is the only thing we can be certain of. Everything else is a quagmire of uncertainty, and pondering over what might happen in the future makes no sense.
The Stoics have a word for it- Memento Mori.
“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.
Keeping this in mind and to make sure my thoughts don’t turn too morbid after reading too much philosophy, I’ve carefully cultivated ten tiny habits that I practice every day. These keep me sane and also set the foundation for a healthier tomorrow (if anything of that sort exists).
