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You da one who choose wea yo attention go today

@calmkoa Narrated by Lana Young 2:12 25 shots

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Get one limited amount of attention you get today, and awready stay spending itself. Da morning stay clear enough. Get one window, and get weather doing whateva he stay doing. Wat really stay in yo hands is wea da next few hours go point to, and dat is one bigga powa than um usually feel like.

One charging cable stay hanging off da edge of one table. Da small bright rectangle stay face down, waiting. Da birds outside stay real busy ova notting. One shirt stay on one hanger on da door, ready fo one day dat neva happen yet.

Most of da stuff dat take yo attention no even ask permission, and notting stay giving back. Dis no mean you get weak discipline, and thinking dat way stay make you lose fo years awready. Da tings dat pulling you get whole teams dat wen design um fo win dis exact contest, so dat mean willpower neva da right tool fo dis. Da environment is. One choice you gotta make forty times one day is one choice you goin lose, and dat is one fact about how attention wen work, not one fact about yo character.

Try tink 'em da otha way. You no goin fight one craving all day if you can just no keep da ting inside da house, and nobody goin call dat weak; dey goin call dat smart. Same logic stay here too, and you been refusing fo give yoself dat same kindness. Taking out da option no mean you weak. Is like you no like join one contest you neva even wen sign up for, ova and ova, against opponents who do dis fo living. Da strongest people you know, dey no win dat fight. Dey wen set 'em up so dey no even gotta fight 'em.

So today, one ting come off da phone. Not everyting, not one whole system, not one brand new set of rules dat goin fall apart by Thursday. One app deleted, or one notification switch off fo good, chose because he take from you and no give notting back.

One small removal, but he hold strong, more than any big ambitious plan you wen try befo. Da hours he give back come quiet, one by one, two by two, and dey stay yours fo point at someting you wen really choose.