002A. The Best Daily Routines for a Healthy Life: The Power of Cycles

Surviving Humanity: A Self-Help Podcast

Key Quote:
"Your routine sets your tone for your day and your day sets your tone for your life. You won't always step on the right foot, but we can help ourselves stay on the path by setting a routine that makes us mindful of ourselves and those around us, and that lets us make the best choices we can to be the best people that we can." - Andrew Gilley
Episode Summary:
• Andrew Gilley reflects on his own internal conflict of managing daily routines.
• This is in the context of wanting to escape from the feeling of depression, but not lose joy and life's good moments.
• He struggled with setting and maintaining routines in college due to lack of structure and temptation for unhealthy escapism.
• He moved onto graduate school, where he was struggling with fear of failure, leading him to use unhealthy coping strategies like binge drinking and drugs.
• He realized how not paying attention to his routines could lead him in an undesired direction and how it was important to practice being conscious about creating good habits.

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