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Rule 80: Listen More… If you already know what you’re going to say next, you probably aren’t totally engaged.

Rule 80: Listen More… If you already know what you’re going to say next, you probably aren’t totally engaged.

by Austin Alexander | Mar 20, 2016 | Anxiety, Conversation, Ego, Partners, relationships, self-esteem

I have been working on talking less and listening more since I was in my late teens. Talking over people, or getting overexcited in conversation, has always been a weakness and “vice” of mine. Except, this is not a vice I take any sort of pleasure in. Rather the...
Rule 72: You don’t NEED a cigarette… find another form of relief.

Rule 72: You don’t NEED a cigarette… find another form of relief.

by Austin Alexander | Mar 11, 2016 | Anxiety, body, Habit, unhealthy, Vice

I began the serious committed process of cutting out cigarettes around October of last year. I still smoke tobacco on occasion, but I have been able to successfully not go full blown back into my old smoking habits. With honest reflection, I can say that I have wanted...
Rule 69: Stop saying “I’m SOOO Busy”…it just makes you feel busier.

Rule 69: Stop saying “I’m SOOO Busy”…it just makes you feel busier.

by Austin Alexander | Mar 9, 2016 | Action, Anxiety, Conversation, unhealthy, Vice

I’m going to keep this one short, because it’s sort of self-explanatory. If you reiterate to the people around you that you are soooooooo busy all the time, then you’re going to get one of a few results: People will be concerned that you are...
Rule 64: Don’t obsess…do the next right thing

Rule 64: Don’t obsess…do the next right thing

by Austin Alexander | Mar 4, 2016 | Action, Anxiety, Habit, healthy, patience, self-esteem, service, Vice

Mental obsession is a tricky thing. I had an acting teacher once say, “if you were driving to Chicago you wouldn’t keep saying over and over every few minutes on the drive there ‘I’m going to Chicago.’, ‘I’m on my way to...
Rule 63: Don’t just buck against authority out of habit…at least have a definitive reason

Rule 63: Don’t just buck against authority out of habit…at least have a definitive reason

by Austin Alexander | Mar 3, 2016 | Action, Anxiety, Conversation, Ego, Planning, self, Time, Vice

I got in a habit for a good portion of my early twenties of hearing anything resembling a rule and automatically thinking “Fuck You”. I don’t want to do that. I’m not going to listen to you. You don’t know what you’re talking about....
Rule 56: I LOVE traffic…it makes me stronger by testing every boundary of my patience.

Rule 56: I LOVE traffic…it makes me stronger by testing every boundary of my patience.

by Austin Alexander | Feb 25, 2016 | Anxiety, body, Learn, Life, Love, patience, Personal, Safety, self, Travel, Work

Here’s your traffic update Austin, TX: It’s going to suck all day, every day, forever and always. Now that we’ve established the facts, let’s move onto the possible solutions. Or, at least another perspective you can have on the traffic situation. Which is a problem...
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