Thrive in 3: Less Optimising. More Living. #56
Use your pause for tea to notice your progress...
01: Pause for tea to notice your progress…
There’s a point where the pursuit of growth stops moving us forward.
We set goals, track habits, measure progress.
Then one day, we realise we’re mostly measuring what we haven’t done.
I found myself constantly fixing, upgrading, refining...
but rarely acknowledging what was already working.
Or who I had already become.
That’s one of the quiet pitfalls of self-improvement:
It can keep us so busy optimising, we forget to live inside the change.
Now, when I feel that tightening...
that urge to optimise my way out of discomfort...
I make tea.
Not to escape.
But to notice.
To see what’s already changed that I haven’t given credit to.
Most of the time, I realise I’m not stuck.
I just haven’t paused long enough to recognise the shift.
Try that.
Instead of fixing something today, make tea.
Take three minutes to name what’s already true.
Call it progress.
Not a project.
📷 Erica Moore, The Tea Mind
02
The Self Improvement Trap
A clear exploration from Sara Mitich of how chasing “more growth” becomes a cage. Offers real stories and warning signs.
Read now: Elephant Journal
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03
Avoid the self-help trap and start living
Practical ideas on how not to let self-help become another burden.
Listen now: Growth Mindset Podcast
📷 Growth Mindset Podcast
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