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The Zen of Doing

A book in progress, on doing hard things with ease, by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits.

Newsletter · By Leo Babauta · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    Ch. 14: Stay, Return & Begin Again (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    Ch. 13: Staying with the Discomfort & Tension (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Aug 14, 2026

    Ch. 12: Working from Inspiration (opens the original)

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    When most of us try to do some work, to be more productive, to take on a meaningful project … we turn it into a “should.”“I’m going to do this task because it’s something I should do.”We turn almost everything in our lives into shoulds — which leaves us feeling like we’re doing something out of obligation. That’s not fun. And in fact, we’re often going through our entire day trying to get through all of our obligations. Most of our waking lives are taking care of all of our obligations.No wonder

  4. Issue · Aug 1, 2026

    Led by Fascination: Leo & Anne Sidebottom on Overcoming Relationship Patterns (opens the original)

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    In this latest episode of my Led by Fascination show, I interviewed relationship counselor Anne Sidebottom on what she’s learned about helping couples overcome relationship patterns.In this episode, we talked about:How our patterns stem from our adaptive childHow to start to accept & honor the adaptive child to change the patternsExercise: How to Complain Effectively (video)A good resource: Books by Terry Real</l

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