Mindfulness - How to Overcome the Tyranny of Habitual Reactivity

The thing that is good can also get you into trouble and the thing that you might think is bad could also be a good thing because then they would have prevented something from happening. So at a time that we often think about new changes like resolutions and New Year's goals, perhaps one of them can be to have a greater understanding of our own propensities. Then with that understanding, develop a more skillful relationship with your propensities by analyzing is it skillful? Is it beneficial? Does it cause harm? And where do I need to counteract this propensity? What new propensities could I start working on and developing so that those become the habitual ways?