The Basic Anxiety of Life

The Basic Anxiety of Life
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Leo Babauta
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Underlying much of what we do is a sense of anxiety, uncertainty, fear, doubt, or dissatisfaction.

And we react to this in so many unhelpful ways: We seek distraction, we eat unhealthy food, we procrastinate, and we get caught in a cycle of anxiety and unhappiness. We lash out at others, we dwell in our loneliness, and then we go into denial about it all.

Leo Babauta
Leo Babauta
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Leo Babauta is the author of six books and the writer of Zen Habits, a blog with over 2 million subscribers. Visit ZenHabits.net
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