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Honoring Your Commitments

How can you be more consistently engaged and supportive when it comes to the people, places, and things you love the most?

Heather Havrilesky
May 17, 2022
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Soft Gray, Alcalde Hill (1929-1930) by Georgia O’Keeffe

If you want to be a secure, happy person, you have to behave consistently, which means making commitments and honoring them.

Are you groaning yet? Do you hear a scoldy teacher’s voice inside your head? That’s a sign that you’re naturally resistant to all commitments, big and small.

I don’t blame you! …

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