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January 04, 2023

Believing in the New You: How to think about starting new habits

I recently  wrote about the challenges with building and sustaining new habits back on December 12th. In that post which you can read here (https://theexaminedlifecounseling.com/why-starting-new-habits-is-hard-and-what-to-do-about-it/) I discussed how our habits are tied into our larger identity and to that end, the story we tell ourselves. I recommended James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits, in which he […]

Written by Ben Steel · Categorized: Thoughts · Tagged: goals, habits, Identity, virtue

December 19, 2021

Action Follows Being

Agere sequitur esse is a Latin phrase from the Middle Ages discussed primarily by philosophers which means, “action follows being”.  I believe this concept has a great deal of influence on us today whether you are a philosopher or not. The basic meaning of the phrase is that who we are our identity and what […]

Written by Ben Steel · Categorized: Thoughts · Tagged: Action, Being, Identity

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