Autopilot

Autopilot:

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Autopilot.

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Most of us are on it.

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All the time.

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Not thinking.

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Just doing.

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The same thing.

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Every day.

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Same schedule.

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Same routine.

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Same morning.

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Same evening.

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Again.

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And again.

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And again.

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Stop that.

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Try something.

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Go outside.

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Do something new.

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Get off autopilot.

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Your life is too short.

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You’re here for but a moment.

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You don’t matter.

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Neither do I.

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So do what you want.

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Make your life.

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Take initiative.

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Try.

Fail.

Suffer.

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Show up again and again.

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Then watch what life you create.

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Moments.

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Memories.

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Experiences.

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Ones you never thought possible.

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Yet they happened.

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With work.

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Determination.

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Commitment.

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Showing up again and again.

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For myself.

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Not for anyone else.

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No one else will hold you accountable.

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They don’t care about you.

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So hold yourself accountable.

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Be your harshest critic.

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Keep showing up.

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But also give yourself credit.

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Give yourself grace.

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Don’t be too hard on yourself for too long.

Be present.

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Learn from the experiences.

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But move on.

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Don’t hold it in.

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Don’t hold in grudges.

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Let things go.

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People don’t care about you.

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No one is worried about you as much as you think they are.

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So stop thinking of them.

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They’re not watching.

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And if they are, who cares.

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Why do you care about their opinion more than yourself?

Your opinion of yourself must ALWAYS be higher than anyone else’s opinion of you.

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Stop caring what people think and letting their non-focus on your life hold you back.

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Go do what you want.

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Be who you want.

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Experience what you want.

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But you have to take initiative.

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You have to take action.

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You can’t sit around hoping it will happen to you.

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It won’t.

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So get outside.

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Move outside of your comfort zone.

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Start slow.

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Little changes.

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One habit you implement a few minutes a day.

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Do that for a year without judging yourself and watch how far you come.

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Started with reading for me.

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Then incorporated writing.

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And running.

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Eventually, it became more than a few minutes.

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It coloured my life.

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It gave me things to look forward to.

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Things to think about.

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Stuff that was not about my job or family.

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Just something for me.

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It led to where I am.

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An Ironman.

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A marathoner.

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An author.

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All things I did for me.

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That started with a few minutes a day.

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Someone asked me today, why?

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Why do you do all of this?

Personal challenge.

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To see what I can do.

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To see how far I can push it.

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How many things I can achieve.

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Are those achievements going to make me happy when I get there?

Probably not.

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It’s the journey to get there.

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Every day.

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Enjoying that.

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All the ups and the downs.

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Just one day to the next.

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But shake it up.

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Go live an interesting life.

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Get yourself off autopilot.

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