Reduce other people’s chances of annoying you #Habits

10 Jan 2021 · 1 min

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TJ Walker gives brief practical advice on increasing self-agency and self-control by reducing others' opportunities to annoy you. He emphasizes proactive measures (not social withdrawal) and illustrates with a hotel anecdote where he used earplugs and a white-noise machine so noisy neighbors did not disturb his sleep.

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If you want more self agency, more self control in your life, control over your life, then you've got to look for ways to avoid letting other people annoy you bother you. This doesn't mean cutting yourself off from society. It does mean being proactive to eliminate people's chances of needlessly avoiding you. Last night in the hotel room next to me and my family was a noisy group of people partying, celebrating. I hope they had a good time. But guess what? Didn't bother me at all. I still had eight hours of sleep. Why? Because I took the proactive approach. I travel with earplugs. I travel with a white noise machine. They could have their fun. It didn't bother me at all.