This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1713. Are you working on self-improvement or self-indulgence

by Adam M. Lowensstein of AdamL.Blog and a renairator justumolic? Welcome to Optimal Living Daily,

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And we keep this in short so let's get right to today's post and start optimizing your life.

Are you working on self-improvement or self-indulgence by Adam M. Lowensstein of AdamL.Blog?

Quote, in a world of stressful lack of control, an amazing source of control we all have is the

ability to make the world a better place one act at a time. Robert M. Sapolsky from Y. Zeebres don't

get ulcers. Grading moments of stillness throughout the day, thinking regularly about death and

mortality, resisting my compulsion to be busy and productive all the time, building an awareness

practice on a foundation of mindfulness meditation, making more time for the people and activities I

care most about, fighting FOMO, the ever-incidious fear of missing out. These are a few of the practices

that have helped me build more fulfilling days. These practices don't require me to make radical

changes in my life. The fact that they integrate with my existing circumstances rather than

demand that I create entirely new ones is part of the reason they've proven sustainable.

They work in other words because they don't depend on anyone or anything else. No matter where I am

or what I'm doing, I've at least a little control over how I see and spend my days.

This focus on individual well-being is important, as the Tibetan Buddhist teacher,

Jungi Mingyue Rinpoche observes in love with the world amongst journeys through the

bar does of living and dying. Quote, people everywhere try so hard to make the world better. Their

intentions are admirable, yet they seek to change everything but themselves. To make yourself a better

person is to make the world a better place. And, Quote, it's critical, however, to distinguish between

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