Mark Manson

where there was something I wanted to work on.

Yes.

And to a certain extent, it's like adaptations all the way down.

Right.

So I think it's it's probably worth like getting into like what are the different types of adaptations.

So I think we talked a little bit in chapter one about how personality manifests in different ways in kind of these if then situations.

Right.

And I think you can see adaptations is the same way.

So the simplest version of this is just behavioral habits.

Right.

Right.

You develop certain behavioral habits because it is an adaptation to your environment.

You take a job that you need to be up super early in the morning.

So you develop habits around waking up early to help facilitate your ability to get to that job.

And then next thing you know, those habits just bleed over into the next job you have or, you know, you keep them for years and years and they just kind of become a part of who you are, even though you don't really think about them.

You don't really put a whole lot of emotional stock into them.

It's just like, oh yeah, I had this job for a few years where I had to get up at 4 a.m.

and I just kind of never stopped.

The behavioral habits are kind of the simplest and I think most obvious form of adaptation that happens.

Very if-then in that case, right?