A lot of people spend energy trying to look consistent.
That’s different from actually being consistent.
When other people are involved, it’s easy to start optimizing for appearances. You think about how things look, how they sound, whether you seem disciplined, productive, committed, whatever the word is.
Quiet habits work differently.
Nobody sees them enough to reward them, which means eventually you stop doing them for appearances and either keep going or you don’t.
That’s one reason I think private reading matters.
You can’t really fake it for very long. There’s no crowd to maintain it for. No one is impressed because you read Proverbs 18 on a Tuesday morning before work.
It either becomes part of your life or it fades out.
That sounds harsh, but it’s actually freeing.
You don’t have to make it look important. You just have to do it often enough for it to become normal.
And if you disappear for a while, you don’t need a dramatic restart either.
Just pick it back up quietly and keep moving.
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