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Monday reset: Toughness vs. Containment
Most of us were taught that consistency requires toughness.
Push harder. Override how you feel. Power through.
But here’s a shift that changed everything for me:
Toughness says: override.
Containment says: hold the line kindly.
Let me explain what I mean by containment, because this part matters.
An escape hatch is anything we use to talk ourselves out of the thing we already know supports us.
It sounds like:
- “I’ll start tomorrow.”
- “It doesn’t really matter today.”
- “I deserve a break” (when what we actually need is structure).
- “I’ll just see how I feel later.”
Escape hatches aren’t bad, they’re protective. But when there are too many of them, we spend all our energy negotiating with ourselves.
Containment doesn’t add pressure. It reduces negotiation.
I don’t need to be harder on myself. I need fewer escape hatches.
That looks like:
- Fewer decisions at the end of the day
- Simple routines I don’t debate
- knowing what helps me before I’m depleted
Containment is self-respect in action. It's saying: “I already know what supports me. I’m going to protect that.”
Reflection for today: Where could you close one escape hatch this week, not to punish yourself, but to support yourself? 💚
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Monday reset: Toughness vs. Containment
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