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  One of the hardest things about improving your life is remembering to practice what you’ve learned in a moment of temptation, frustration, or hardship. Anyone can follow a strategy as they read about it, but remembering to stick with it in the real world is tough. Stories help with that. An engaging story sticks with you in a way that a research finding often can’t. While JamesClear.com promotes science-backed ideas, we don’t shun stories and lessons based on real life. This page collects life lessons from my own life as well as from the lives of artists, creators, and innovators.  Let’s dive in. Lessons on Living a Meaningful Life Not saying goodbye to dying family member . - I’ve come across some people that don’t want to say goodbye to their family member when that person has died Or they don’t know how to face the persons death. From My own experience I’ve had to face it with courage and know that I did what I had to do regardless of the fact my half siblings didn’t...

Most important part in the chain of emotional causation has been left out yourself! In order to experience an emotional reaction to an event, you first have to evaluate the personal experience of that event.  A - activating event: end of relationship  B - beliefs or thoughts: without her, I'm worthless without him or her  C - emotional and behavioral consequences: depression and withdraw from social activities You may say that A caused C when really in CBT language this is called A-C thinking (events cause our emotions). This viewpoint overlooks individual variations of the same event which is not uncommon. Not everyone feels depressed about the end of a relationship one person is anxious about coping alone, another is angry which is normal. In order to understand C you need to focus on B not A this is called B-C thinking our beliefs and thoughts at B ultimately determine how you feel at C. To choose one's attitude in any given situation or circumstances to cope with adve...