AlTai underscored the importance of reaching out to people in your life who see

vulnerability facilitates connection

which to me feels like

Dr. Tara Swart Bieber, a neuroscientist who teaches at MIT Sloan and King’s College London and the author of The Source, doing absolutely nothing—with

Keep a running list of wins you’ve had—proof points of your success—on your phone or computer and consult it in moments of self-doubt.

“Every Monday is a fresh start—on Mondays, we see spikes in goal setting for everything from health and wellness to education to our finances,” explained Dr. Milkman.

the bar significantly lower.

There also aren’t that many things that offer such huge rewards in so little time—all you need are two minutes.

There’s a psychological phenomenon called the frequency illusion, wherein after you draw your attention to something, you begin to notice it everywhere. While the thing doesn’t actually increase in frequency, it appears to, because suddenly your attention is attuned to it. You can take advantage of this phenomenon by intentionally noticing what you