Dr. Matt May

Yeah, I was stuck in a kind of rebellious phase, and I'd gone to Costco many times just to buy new packages of underwear, 30 pounds.

Yeah, I was stuck in a kind of rebellious phase, and I'd gone to Costco many times just to buy new packages of underwear, 30 pounds.

I got really into it for a while, and I had a pile of laundry bigger than me.

I got really into it for a while, and I had a pile of laundry bigger than me.

I'm pretty well prepared for underwear emergencies.

I'm pretty well prepared for underwear emergencies.

I'm ready to go.

I'm ready to go.

$7.95.

$7.95.

That's the price. Okay. I think other considerations are things like making very small commitments and giving yourself credit for doing those. To put a star in your calendar every time you do your homework. Because people return to doing things because they get some positive, you know, stroking or experience or something like that as a result of doing it.

That's the price. Okay. I think other considerations are things like making very small commitments and giving yourself credit for doing those. To put a star in your calendar every time you do your homework. Because people return to doing things because they get some positive, you know, stroking or experience or something like that as a result of doing it.

I'm glad that you added that. It actually, it sounds similar to something I was going to add into the conversation too, which is the idea of having a personality or a self implies that it's unchanging, right? And I think that's a problem or can lead to a sense of hopelessness. Yeah, right.

I'm glad that you added that. It actually, it sounds similar to something I was going to add into the conversation too, which is the idea of having a personality or a self implies that it's unchanging, right? And I think that's a problem or can lead to a sense of hopelessness. Yeah, right.

Like one useful way of defining a personality might be, you know, the habits that we have in our thinking are ways of relating to other people in our behaviors. And those are just habits or behaviors that, in fact, we can change. We can practice a different set of behaviors. If I wanted to be more outgoing, I could just practice being more outgoing.

Like one useful way of defining a personality might be, you know, the habits that we have in our thinking are ways of relating to other people in our behaviors. And those are just habits or behaviors that, in fact, we can change. We can practice a different set of behaviors. If I wanted to be more outgoing, I could just practice being more outgoing.

Or if I wanted to be more at peace, I could practice being more at peace. And yeah, to not...

Or if I wanted to be more at peace, I could practice being more at peace. And yeah, to not...

Good point.

Good point.