Willpower
Today’s been a good day. I started with my morning scripture study, knocked out the tasks I needed to handle, and then gave myself a little time to unwind with some YouTube. I went for a walk around the city—I'm here on a layover for work—and I even got in a solid gym session. Overall, it’s felt like a really disciplined day. But if I’m honest, I’m worried it might all fall apart later. That’s been the pattern in the past: I start strong—doing the things I know I should —but by afternoon or evening, things unravel. I slip into doom scrolling on Instagram, eat garbage food, or stay up too late binging TV. I think what causes that is a kind of imbalance. I burn up all my willpower early in the day and don’t have much left to carry me through the rest of it. So the real question is—how do I avoid the crash? The good news is that I’m aware of it now, and that awareness gives me a chance to do things differently. I’m realizing that the key isn’t trying to keep up a perfect, iron-clad...