The unsexy part of getting everything you want

Getting what you want mostly looks like random Thursdays, the same mistake made sixteen times, and resisting the urge to quit when the work gets uncomfortable. I’m getting into why we sabotage ourselves right before things get good and how to bounce back when you feel like a failure. You can download Opal on iOS, Android, and Mac for free here: https://www.opal.so/olivia.unplugged.yt This video is brought to you by Opal. Learn more about Opal: https://www.opal.so Where else you can find me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olivia.unplugged.ig/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@olivia.unplugged Articles and Resources I mentioned: Steven Berglas & Edward E. Jones (1978), "Drug choice as a self-handicapping strategy in response to noncontingent success," *Journal of Personality and Social Psychology* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/650387/ Fuschia Sirois & Timothy Pychyl (2013), "Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation: Consequences for future self," *Social and Personality Psychology Compass* https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/91793/1/Compass%20Paper%20revision%20FINAL.pdf Matthew A. Killingsworth & Daniel T. Gilbert (2010), "A wandering mind is an unhappy mind," *Science* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21071660/ Kennon M. Sheldon & Andrew J. Elliot (1999), "Goal striving, need satisfaction, and longitudinal well-being: The self-concordance model," *Journal of Personality and Social Psychology* https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0022-3514.76.3.482 Juliana G. Breines & Serena Chen (2012), "Self-compassion increases self-improvement motivation," *Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22645164/ Peter M. Gollwitzer & Paschal Sheeran (2006), "Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of effects and processes," *Advances in Experimental Social Psychology* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/bookseries/abs/pii/S0065260106380021?via%3Dihub Brian P. Moran & Michael Lennington (2013), *The 12 Week Year*