193 - Why can’t I sit still anymore?

Attention is the thing every other habit runs on.

I didn't set out to fix my attention. I set out to read more. But the days I scroll are the days I can't sit with Scripture, can't pray for ten minutes, can't hold a thought long enough to finish it. It turns out the disciplines weren't the weak spot. The muscle underneath them was.

So what if sitting still with one thing is a discipline that other disciplines rely on?

We get into what shifted for me and what I'm doing differently. Then we get practical for anyone starting from zero. A book, a time of day, a number of pages per day.

 

 

 

Resources:

Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives by Richard A. Swensen, MD

Spiritual Books I’ve Read This Year: 

How God Became King by N.T. Wright

Letters to the Church by Francis Chan

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

The Overcomers: God's Vision for You to Thrive in an Age of Anxiety and Outrage by Matt Chandler

Why I Am Not a Calvinist by Jerry L. Walls and Joseph R. Dongell 

Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God by Tim Keller   

 

 

 

Continue the conversation:

→ Your Next Listen: Ep. 160 — How We're Building Health Habits That Actually Stick  — We rebuilt our health the same way we're rebuilding attention, one small thing we could actually keep.

 

 

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