#103: Habits of Purpose in an Age of Distraction with Justin Whitmel Earley

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Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Feeling exhausted, or simply tired of going through the motions? The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy, and depressed people. The trouble is that our habits are almost invisible to us. In fact, habits form us more than we form them. So what can we do about it?

Welcome to The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose in an Age of Distraction. In this week's episode, we interview Justin Whitmel Earley, a mergers and acquisitions lawyer who nearly crashed and burned in his own panicked lifestyle. As a husband and father to four young boys, Justin knew he needed help.

In what turned out to be a fateful moment of self-discovery, Justin's compelling story led him to create The Common Rule, four doable daily and four weekly habits designed to help us create new routines and transform frazzled days into lives of love for God and neighbor.

Looking for a doable routine for your family that leads to freedom and rest for your soul? This episode is for you.

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0:00.0	By not doing anything, by not having a program of formation for my habits, I was doing so many things.
0:06.3	I was living this life bent on omnipresence, omniscience.
0:10.3	And it is now unsurprising to me that my body rebelled and my heart rebelled with anxiety and falling apart
0:19.3	because I was not meant to live a limitless
0:22.4	existence. I was created in the image of God as a limited creature to mirror him, not to try to be him.
0:30.1	You're listening to The In This Together podcast with Dr. Josh and Christy Straub, a podcast dedicated to
0:35.9	helping you live, love, and lead well as a spouse,
0:39.5	a parent, and a human being.
0:41.8	Because no matter where you're at in your journey, you're not alone.
0:45.4	We're in this together.
0:48.5	Welcome back to the Indus Together podcast.
0:51.0	We have a new friend, someone I met speaking at an event. We spoke at the parent
0:57.6	summit a number of months ago and together and just really connected immediately. And
1:05.4	Justin Early, he's written a book called the common rule. And what he's trying to say is the common rule.
1:12.8	He just...
1:13.4	Rule.
1:14.7	Like you literally can't say it.
1:16.4	I can't do it.
1:17.1	The common rule.
1:19.0	R-U-L-E.
1:20.5	The common rule.
1:21.2	Habits of purpose for an age of distraction.
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