When it comes to inner work, a lot of us treat it like it requires this extraordinary amount of discipline, right?

Getting up early to meditate, journaling with consistency, staying engaged in our gratitude practice.

And look, it's all fun and games at the beginning of the year.

But three or four weeks in, those are usually the first resolutions to fall by the wayside.

Why? Because we get busy. We tell ourselves that we

have more important things to do. And then we land on this conclusion, I must have a discipline

problem. And in this episode, I want to talk about discipline because I don't think that you have a

discipline problem. In fact, I'd argue that you have a lot more discipline than you think.

Because at the end of the day, discipline is not something that we actually need more of.

And so if you've been struggling with discipline or thinking you're not that discipline and your

resolutions are dropping like flies, then you're going to get a lot out of this episode

because you're going to realize that you already have everything you need right where you are to pick those habits back up and to

continue doing them for the long haul. And the best part is that there's no extra discipline

required to engage in the kind of change and transformation that can actually improve your

life. Now, before we get into it, my name is Light Watkins.

I'm a longtime meditation and mindfulness practitioner and teacher. I've been in this space for

over 30 years and I've worked with thousands of people teaching them how to cultivate fulfillment

from the inside out. I've written several books about fulfillment and happiness, and I launched

an online community called the Happiness Insiders, and I created the spiritual perspective channel to offer you a broader

perspective on everyday real-world topics so that we can all learn how to navigate life more

skillfully, but without compromising our authenticity.

So, back to discipline.

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