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Mindset Hacks You Can Use to Reach Your Goals
I have a bunch of weird, irrational, and seemingly useless little habits and tricks that greatly improve the quality of my life.
What am I talking about?
I track calories using My Fitness Pal. Sometimes, I will purposefully leave out some of the foods I ate. In general, I’ll be in a calorie deficit for the week, which is what matters. But, looking back on the previous week — having forgotten what I left out — I’ll feel better about the previous week as a whole.
I’m a huge advocate of mental accounting. Money is money regardless of how you store it, but the buckets I place my money in tell me a story about how I’m using my money. I create little arbitrary money rules to help me feel better about my spending habits while trying to improve them at the same time.
I have a bunch of little tricks like this. The goal is always the same — change the story in my mind about how well I’m doing in life.
I’ll explain in depth later, but here’s why it’s important to always pay attention to the story you tell yourself.
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