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I loved this.

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Thanks! I really appreciate that.

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Agree! The best way to learn more about the impact of habits is to look backward and see the slope of the change. Sometimes it looks pretty dramatic - other times, you might still be doing something and don't remember why you started.

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Yeah, i got a lot of habits with a lot of straight lines.

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Aug 26, 2022Liked by Benn Stancil

I used to do the morning pages thing (three pages a day). Did it for a few years. Had like 16 notebooks full of nonsense. I did it each day because I knew if I missed one day I would stop. One day I purposefully decided to skip. It was terrifying. But the next day it felt amazing. Ahem. Not saying you should stop your survey, Benn. But, if you did, I can promise you'll enjoy a very bizarre and wonderful relief

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Thanks! (Though to be clear, the survey isn't much of a burden. And one day, I'm gonna read it I swear.)

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Aug 27, 2022·edited Aug 27, 2022

Lol doing a similar thing with typed up journal entries now that I email to myself (assuming I'll do some basic nlp on it one day to find out what makes me happy)

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Sir, this is a Wendy's.

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But seriously, this was not what I would've expected from a Stancil Substack, and it's really touching. Well done!

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oh whoops, my bad, can i get a spicy chicken sandwich and frosty? (or, if you still have them, a the frosty root beer float because those were dope)

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A long time ago in a job far away, I was given a gift of one of those "small Frosty per day for a year" tags. I put it on my keychain but never once got to use it for the ultimate snack of small fries dipped in ice cream.

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I once played baseball with a guy who had one of those, but it *for life.* He was a made man in Wendy's mafia, I guess.

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Aug 26, 2022Liked by Benn Stancil

PREACH

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Aug 26, 2022Liked by Benn Stancil

Seth Godin, as usual, said it best: treat your past as gift to your future self, which you are free to refuse if it no longer fits who you are becoming.

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my future self would like a word with seth about how much of a gift he's gonna get

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I’d like to think your future self will appreciate all the bridges you’ll have burned to get him to where he is then…

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wait what

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Aug 27, 2022Liked by Benn Stancil

The future belongs to those who most efficiently grieve the present. You are one of the most courageous people I know, because you are willing to publicly question the very foundations of your present success. That is an extraordinary gift you are giving to your future self.

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