Every day, we go through a set of actions that’s training our minds in the long term. Sometimes we’re training intentionally: We meditate, practice focus, get ourselves to start a workout, resist temptations, and so forth.
Mostly, however, we’re training unintentionally, such as when you press snooze on the alarm clock, look at social media for 30 minutes, or beat yourself up for something you’re not doing. These are probably things you’ve already trained yourself to do, and you’re reinforcing them each time you do them.
I’m not pointing this out to make anyone feel bad—this isn’t about making ourselves feel wrong for how we’re training ourselves. Goodness knows we do that enough….