The hardest habit to break is the habit of tiredness. As I write this on a Sunday evening, I have little to no motivation for writing it other than knowing that if it is something that is bothering me then it most certainly is commonplace. This advice is mostly for those not fortunate enough to have the gift of time, possibly in debt, probably lacking income or the means to get it. We need not fear time and its ever-shifting ways, as there will always be things that we can see that happen regularly everyday that give us pause to contemplate the philosophy that we need certain things to be happy in life.
As I was running today, I felt the glut of the holiday weekend pass by just slightly enough to realize its essential meaning. I have nothing for which to be truly thankful for other than the gifts of time and space. The unbelievable majority of my time is spent trying to reconcile the objects and things that I'm told I should be thankful for, but none of these things hold any true meaning for me for any period longer than a moment or two. I am only twenty-six years on the planet yet I see the world as it is, a half-way house for our consciousness and momentary reprieve from the unconscious chain of chemical and cosmic occurrences that go on without consulting any single one of our world's current leaders.
The hardest habits to break are the ones we don't want to mention. They hide in our subconscious more than we will admit, and for those of us starting on any path toward self-sufficiency the trick to uproot them often is not give them power over our thoughts. When thinking about these habits, and especially the habits that cause the most distraction and disruption in the ordinary person's daily life, we try to to understand the basic underlying motivations behind them and hopefully in doing so we will find the means to avoid, replace, or limit them.
Try following your breath and consult with an internet search to find out more about breathing exercises as a simple means to exercise drawing your focus away from both negative and unproductive thinking. There are much worse things you can do with fifteen minutes.
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