#dobetter

My psychologist called it "stretching": your ability to get up and do & tolerate unpleasant tasks is like a muscle. While it's true that expecting yourself to get better all at once is not going to work out and you're just going to pull it, you can get there with baby steps. Part of my treatment was to do one thing I didn't feel like doing per day, no matter how small, whether that was taking the trash out, going for a walk, getting out of bed earlier, etc. Then, once that became easy, I would add one more. Repeat until normal.

The thing is... Depression perpetuates itself; your new lethargic habits aren't just going to magically disappear as soon as the reason you are depressed goes away. I malingered for YEARS after the problem that initially made me depressed was solved. You have to put effort into your own recovery!

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@mtndewlover

⚠ Advised Warning; This post is not suitable for any of you already spiraling and in need of comfort since this is more a 'wake-up call' and 'tough love'. Avoid this post if you're already in a bad place. I warned you.

First off, what is overconsuming in LOA? It basically means that you've consumed or acquired too much 'unnecessary or you already know in the palm of your hands down to its atomic levels that instead of helping you, it instead damages you. For example, you read thousands and thousands of what the void state is from different kinds of blogs, just paraphrased and it's starting to make you feel this perfectionistic or the necessity to be right so you hold on to all of it and then it snaps causing you to spiral. In simpler terms, you overworked yourself.

Honey, I know what desperation feels like, that unsatiable thirst that makes you forget everything you know but the end goal. The tighter you hold on to something the harder and easier it'd snap.

At this point, inspired by Liz's words. It's tough love you know? Look, I get desperation but for godsakes, you've been told a million times the same answers by different people answering to the same question. There is only one law, at this point, you're just wasting the concept of 'time'. Stop, asking the same questions and figure out why you keep doing that, stop asking, and start being.

Law Of Assumption is not just a tool it is a lifestyle and the only kind of lifestyle that exists. Tools are just tools anyways, a paintbrush is useless without an artist to use it. More on that in future posts, regarding tools.

"Stop embarrassing yourself." Do you really think you, as the highest version of yourself right now, would be this frantic? Breathe. Assess the situation and create a solution.

Overconsuming can lead you to basically resetting everything you've learned and all you already know, you're basically pressing the restart button. You are affirming to get something, you are just reminding yourself you already have it. So go! Delete Tumblr, save whatever post you want to save in your notebook or Notion which I completely understand, and start celebrating! You have everything you've ever wanted, how beautiful is that? Celebrate now because you have everything, apply what you already learned.

Literally, every post you see now about overconsuming or related to Tumblr will tell you those exact same things, just in different wordings, be it definitions or dictionaries about 'What's xyz?' or 'Can I manifest xyz?' Deep down, if you already feel that you've known enough, and that it's finally your time to grab life by the hair and either shakes its hands or make it kneel beneath you.

Go.

Doing Better :

Every day is an opportunity to do better. It's a chance to break free from old habits and create new ones. Nothing has to last forever. You can be a completely new person right now or even tomorrow. Don't give up! 🤍