Planting Seeds Podcast

Subtraction Is the Play

Planting Seeds Podcast

Show Notes

I've built plenty of positive habits this year — training, early mornings, meditation — but the real acceleration hasn't come from adding more. It's come from subtraction. Being alcohol-free again has shown me what happens when the good habits stay and the one thing pulling against them is gone: no resistance, no stop-start, just momentum in one direction.

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