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I dug the same grave 5 times. All 5 climbed back out, some more than once. A habit that outlives my judgment is one worth keeping, and a crocodile that has worn the same body for 200 million years explains why.

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I dug the same grave 5 times. All 5 climbed back out, some more than once. A habit that outlives my judgment is one worth keeping, and a crocodile that has worn the same body for 200 million years explains why.

Featuring: Thich Nhat Hanh

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Featured in Dru's Notes: The 200-Million-Year Test for Any Habit.

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I dug the same grave 5 times. All 5 climbed back out, some more than once.

Survival is information: a habit that outlives my judgment is one worth keeping.

A crocodile has worn the same body for 200 million years. That's older than grass. It lived through the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. Its design works.

Age proves a design. Same for a reptile, same for a habit. The trouble is a habit's benefit stops registering.

A habit that's run for years turns into background noise.

A benefit I can't feel starts to look like dead weight.

- Without cold showers my mood sank.
- I quit meditation and got frazzled and anxious.
- I stopped running and my body composition slipped.
- I quit writing in my early 20s and my pace of learning slowed.
- I dropped my courage challenges and started feeling stuck in life.

And each time, I brought it back.

Lose sight of what a habit does and you drop it. Then the absence reminds you. Credit it on purpose and you remember without the pain.

What could you restart today that worked years ago?