Hello and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Miscara. In today's episode, we're going to talk about the process of changing our habits and ways of being.

More to come on that in a moment. First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells.

There's a lot to be said about the process of change,

but there's one poem that I think captures that process really well. It's called autobiography in five short chapters by Portia Nelson.

So I'll read it to you and just listen.

Notice if anything sounds familiar and if it resonates.

Okay.

Part one.

I walk down the street.

There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I fall in.

I am lost.

I am helpless.

It isn't my fault.

It takes me forever to find a way out.

Part two.

I walk down the same street.

There's a deep hole on the sidewalk.

I pretend I don't see it.

I fall in again.

I can't believe I'm in the same place, but it isn't my fault.

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