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The Five Second Rule Will Keep You in Motion

A hundred and 11 people have stopped themselves from attempting suicide by counting backwards. The five second rule will get you started, but it doesn't solve the deeper problem of tearing yourself down. We all have a particular habit every morning that is to ignore or criticize ourselves when we see ourselves in the mirror. And so this tool has had a bigger change in my day-to-day life than the ten years of the five second rule has in just using it for the past year. It's not like my life magically changed. That's not how this ship works. But something shifted. i felt my shoulders drop. I felt my chin lift. And i laughed because it was so stupid right now

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