The ridiculously small moves that maintain your habit connection when doing the real thing feels impossible. Welcome to issue #022 of the SovLyfe. Each week, I send one empowering essay to help you take action to build health, mindset and freedom.
Wow, MVA sounds very interesting. Thanks for giving us every details. I can’t say I don’t have 5 minutes. I’ll read again, but more than that I’ll act upon it. Thank you.
In my work with chronically overloaded people, the problem is rarely motivation. It’s capacity.
Systems are usually built for our best days, while real life keeps delivering the depleted ones. That’s where everything collapses.
I’d add one nuance from a nervous system perspective: minimal viable actions work not just because they preserve habits, but because they lower the threat level. They keep the system from tipping into all-or-nothing mode.
For overloaded people, the key question isn’t “What’s the smallest action I should do?”
It’s “What’s the smallest action that doesn’t push me further into self-pressure?”
Wow, MVA sounds very interesting. Thanks for giving us every details. I can’t say I don’t have 5 minutes. I’ll read again, but more than that I’ll act upon it. Thank you.
Thank you Miyuki. 🙏
This resonates deeply.
In my work with chronically overloaded people, the problem is rarely motivation. It’s capacity.
Systems are usually built for our best days, while real life keeps delivering the depleted ones. That’s where everything collapses.
I’d add one nuance from a nervous system perspective: minimal viable actions work not just because they preserve habits, but because they lower the threat level. They keep the system from tipping into all-or-nothing mode.
For overloaded people, the key question isn’t “What’s the smallest action I should do?”
It’s “What’s the smallest action that doesn’t push me further into self-pressure?”
Sometimes that’s a push-up.
Sometimes it’s a breath.
Both can keep the ember alive.
Thanks for the great article 👍
Thank you Martin, great comment. 🙏
Thank YOU 👍