2020-09-21
27 分钟Pushkin.
From the second I open my eyes each morning,
I'm locked in a battle with a persistent and persuasive adversary.
Someone who seems dead set on preventing me from practicing all of the happiness techniques I teach you about in this podcast.
I want to plan my day so I don't feel time pressured.
And I want to meditate and exercise every morning.
And I want to do random acts of kindness throughout the day.
But my nemesis is right there, encouraging me to do the exact opposite,
arguing that I should sleep in, or I should buy something nice for myself,
or I should add yet one more event to my already packed schedule just to prove to people that I'm a hard worker.
Of course, the person sabotaging me is me, or maybe more accurately,
a few rogue parts of me, ones that I really want to control better.
And I bet I'm not alone.
The temptations that divert us from doing things that will make us happy are everywhere.
and they're available 24-7.
But the people who first thought deeply about the internal battles we all face lived centuries before smartphones,
movie streaming services, and calendar alerts.
The ancient Greeks, and one thinker in particular, Plato,
came up with some profoundly important insights about our divided selves more than 2,000 years ago.
As in other episodes of this mini-season of the Happiness Lab,