This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 637, the Habit Action List.

By Leo Babata of Zenhabits.net, and I'm just a mall like your very own personal narrator.

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The Habit Action List by Leo Babata of Zenhabits.net.

There are a ton of people who read self-improvement blogs and books, but never put them in action.

They engage with what's sometimes called self-improvement.

I've done this myself in the past.

It was a form of fantasizing about how I was going to make my life better, get my together.

But I didn't take action because I was too busy right that moment, so I'd bookmarked

the article for later.

Later never comes.

I didn't have time for a new big project, and this change seemed too big.

I didn't really believe I could do it, because whoever was writing was probably more

disciplined than I was.

I was looking for inspiration, but didn't have the energy to actually implement.

I planned to do it, but never actually made the time.

Amazingly, my overcame all of that.

I actually started changing my life back in 2005, one habit at a time.

I started the ball rolling and found success, and kept going after that.

I'm still changing habits today, a little step at a time, but looking back on all the

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