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What was your most painful realisation of 2012?

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Re: What was your most painful realisation of 2012?

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Professionally: that I'd been unhappy in my job for months, if not years, without realising it. If my brain was in denial though, my body knew it, and one day I was physically unable to goto work. That pain caused a life pivot for me, and I can't wait to find out what doors it will open next.

Personally: that you can still love someone, but not be able to live with them.

Re: What was your most painful realisation of 2012?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you elaborate on that?

A fairly normal person might decide on New Year's Eve that, this year, everything is going to change. "I'm going to stop watching TV, I'm going to eat only healthy foods, get plenty of exercise, and spend 8 hours a day working towards my goals." But, of course, that person won't do most or even any of those things in a sustained way. The reason is that the person's second order desires, feelings like the impulse to e…

OK, so basically the difference between conscious and subconscious motivations.

There's a lot of good self-help material dealing with getting those better aligned. Tony Robbins comes to mind.

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