I hope you're ready to do some reading :)

Do it like every word is a child deserving your full attention.

Do it as if you care about each word equally and you respect them enough to pronounce them correctly.

If you don't know, consult a dictionary, don't ignore them.

Do it with care and respect for each word written here.

Slow down. Don't rush.

Just for today, leave the usual fast way of reading aside, and try the slow and respectful approach.

Please :)

Your reading task #10:

"Your identity emerges out of your habits. You are not born with present beliefs. Every belief, including those about yourself, is learned and conditioned through experience.

More precisely, your habits are how you embody your identity. When you make your bed each day, you embody the identity of an organized person. When you write each day, you embody the identity of a creative person. When you train each day, you embody the identity of an athletic person.

The more you repeat a behavior, the more you reinforce the identity associated with that behavior. In fact, the word identity was originally derived from the Latin words essentitas, which means being, and identidem, which means repeatedly. Your identity is literally your “repeated beingness.”

Whatever your identity is right now, you only believe it because you have proof of it. If you go to church every Sunday for twenty years, you have evidence that you are religious. If you study biology for one hour every night, you have evidence that you are studious. If you go to the gym even when it’s snowing, you have evidence that you are committed to fitness. The more evidence you have for a belief, the more strongly you will believe it."

from the book Atomic Habits

1. What are your thoughts after reading this?
2. What are you feeling?
3. Did you have any insights?
4. Do you have any ideas about what can you do about all of this?
5. Do you ever ask yourself "What can I do about this (thing/situation/problem)?
6. Were you able to read and pronounce all the words properly? Why?

The place to check the words you didn't know (how to pronounce) is right here.

One thing for you to try this weekend:

When you start complaining or criticizing someone or yourself, try asking yourself this question "What can I do about this?".

Do ponedeljka :)

xoxo