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by spython 1472 days ago
Perhaps a personal question, but how did you become better at recognizing and executing your wishes?
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That's kind of the work of life, isn't it? So it's a long story.

It probably started with reading _Delivered From Distraction_ years ago. I tried a bunch of stuff in that book. Nothing was a silver bullet (because there is no silver bullet), but I have to give credit to that book for inspiring me.

Nowadays if I'm writing, journalling, praying, and getting honest feedback from friends regularly I'm probably on the straight and narrow. But I try not to be too hard on myself: life isn't a contest, after all.

Sense of self, personal agency, serotonergic psychedelics.