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“I gave my word and now I really don't want to follow through.”
This is exactly when your word is tested. When it's easy, it isn't a commitment — it's a preference. A commitment means you decided in advance, and the feelings that showed up later don't get to override the decision your better self already made.
Your Practice
Write down what you committed to and why you made that commitment in the first place. Reconnect with the reason — not the feeling. Then do the thing. Feelings follow action; they don't have to lead it.
The Architects
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
— Epictetus, Discourses, Book III