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Hello, my name is Austin Shadle, and welcome

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back to the Life Endurance Podcast, where we

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explore methods of unlocking your true potential

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in the greatest endurance race we all partake

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in, life. There are times where we feel down,

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we struggle, we want to feel better, but this

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likely isn't how we should think about it. Yes,

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we want to feel better, but depending on the

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source of our troubles, the objective of wanting

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to feel better doesn't actually lead us to improvement.

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Consider some examples of what we may feel bad

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about. Your grades are low. Your significant

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other is mad at you. You didn't perform well

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at the game last night. Or you don't like your

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body composition. If we consider these situations

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and want to feel better, we're only focusing

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on our feelings. And if you've spent any time

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on self -development, you know that acting based

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only on your feelings doesn't solve problems.

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Often, the better statement we should tell ourselves...

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instead of I want to feel better is I want to

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get better. I want to be a better student. I

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want to be a better partner. I want to be a better

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player. I want to improve my diet and exercise

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habits. By focusing on becoming better at the

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things you feel bad about, you actually move

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towards feeling better. You give yourself reason

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to feel better. If you get fixated on simply

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feeling better, what's likely to happen? I admit,

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for me, if I focus only on feeling better, I

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go towards short -term solutions. I find the

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comfort food. I binge my favorite TV show. I

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avoid what's stressing me out rather than taking

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action on the real problem at hand. So here's

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today's life endurance takeaway. The next time

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you find yourself wishing you felt better, be

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honest. Think about what you feel bad about.

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Instead of finding distractions and short -term

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solutions that make you feel better, identify

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what would actually change the situation you

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feel bad about. Stop telling yourself you want

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to feel better and tell yourself, I want to get

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better. I hope today's episode added some value

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to your own pursuits. Please subscribe and take

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a brief moment to share if you think this could

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help others. To learn more about my background,

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follow me on Instagram at TheEnduranceBeast.

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To support yourself as well as the podcast, check

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out my affiliate links below. Thank you for listening,

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and as always, I look forward to sharing the

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next episode.