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Originally posted by Brian649:
But let me try a way that has worked for me. I once experienced something very similar to what you are describing in relation to Taoist philosophy. I become something of a sage, but couldn't seem to do the ole Taoist Two-Step.
So regular meditation and exercise "cured" you?
I have a few books on prostrastination that deal with my problem rather directly, and they present helpful methods of solving it, one step at a time, but I then seem to stop short when it comes to applying these techniques.
As for your view of habits, I see them more as a result of beliefs, the sort of things Tony Robbins discusses in Awaken the Giant Within. You can start a diet, but if you have the same mental rut you were in before, you are just going to gain all that weight back. Attacking the symptom, not the cause, has in my experience, not been that productive.
I'll post later once I can think through all your suggestions. Thanks a lot. Have a nice day. 
