Ep. 433: A Surprising Way to Lift Your Mood, How to Decide Where to Move & Ideas for a Rebel Father
Happier with Gretchen Rubin
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The Importance of Reframing a Hard Habit
Gretz: I was particularly struck by this passing remark he made about cigarette smoking. He wrote, I'd given up the habit with difficulty in 1941 because I was upset about my parting from Vernon and wanted to raise my morale by asserting my willpower. This caught my eye because we think of something demanding, like quitting smoking, which is the classic difficult habit. It is, but then you can also reframe it as something that is going to boost your morale. That's going to make you feel great because you've asserted your willpower. And by doing that, you're going to raise your spirits.
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