<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Self Disciplined]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discipline for real life.
Reflections to reset. Practices to return.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png</url><title>Self Disciplined</title><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:33:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Camilo I. Zambrano]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[camilo@self-disciplined.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[camilo@self-disciplined.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[camilo@self-disciplined.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[camilo@self-disciplined.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Two Years of Trying to Stay With It]]></title><description><![CDATA[A vacation, 339 posts, and what Self Disciplined has become]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/two-years-of-trying-to-stay-with</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/two-years-of-trying-to-stay-with</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:03:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Sfly!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa29277a6-a0a1-4540-bf5e-636e4552b736_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Sfly!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa29277a6-a0a1-4540-bf5e-636e4552b736_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Sfly!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa29277a6-a0a1-4540-bf5e-636e4552b736_1536x1024.png 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" 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I haven&#8217;t had a proper one since January, and I am purposely disconnecting until next week so I can focus on spending quality time with my family.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free weekly reflections for sustainable discipline.</strong><br>Straight to your inbox.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>But I didn&#8217;t want to just leave you hanging. After all, this is about discipline, so I decided to use this opportunity to thank you for reading and engaging with my content. These have been crazy months, but I&#8217;m finally feeling like I&#8217;m getting my creativity for writing back, and I think this vacation will only make it better.</p><p>I just realized that <em>Self Disciplined</em> turned two on September 8th. And I didn&#8217;t notice because I was too busy to do so. But wow, time flies, ain&#8217;t it?</p><p>When I started writing, I didn&#8217;t really have a writing voice or an editorial line &#8212; not that it has improved <em>that</em> much, but now I know what I want to write about, and most importantly, what I don&#8217;t want to write about.</p><p>I wanted to share this milestone with you because I couldn&#8217;t have reached it without your support and help.</p><p>I mean, look what a crazy journey it has been!</p><p>When I started writing, I didn&#8217;t really think I was going to last. The longest any other sort of blog lasted for me was two posts. To date, between <em>Autodisciplina</em> and the paid companions, I have written exactly 339 posts, including this one (and its Spanish version).</p><p>I started writing this publication as a gift for my kids, a legacy for them to read at their own pace, in their own time as they grow up, in case I wasn&#8217;t here to share it with them. I think now that everything I&#8217;ve written so far, and everything I will continue to write, is a fair reflection of who I am and who I&#8217;m planning to become &#8212; for them &#8212; because I know that even if I tried to give verbal advice, everything comes when it needs to come, and they will be able to read this when they feel prepared to. Besides, they will be able to read the crazy stuff their dad wrote in his youth and understand their dad&#8217;s context a little bit better as they grow up.</p><p>Now, however, <em>Self Disciplined</em> is greater than that. It became reflections. It became guidance. It became the principles I now use to run my own life.</p><p>And what a beautiful, stormy life it has been. I have grown so, so much from this experience. I gave a TEDx Talk. It gave me the idea for a book &#8212; one that is still in progress!</p><p>And most importantly, it helped me become more compassionate with myself.</p><p>Life has thrown its punches, but I have learned to actually roll with them. And I think my younger self would be proud to see who we are becoming.</p><p>So thank you, thank you for reading, thank you for sharing, and thank you for giving this amateur thinker a space.</p><p>Here we go into another new year &#128640;</p><p><strong>I hope you have a wonderful week!</strong></p><p>&#8212; Camilo</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><strong>P.S</strong> There will be no paid companion this week because of this, but please stay tuned for next week!</p></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024;Ideas Worth Exploring</strong></h3><p>If this piece resonated, here are a few more that go hand-in-hand.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;30aa5767-e253-4f4c-8bf8-8b2859ad9a65&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This week marks a full year since I started writing.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;One Year of Self Disciplined!&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. 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No he tenido unas vacaciones de verdad desde enero, y me voy a desconectar a prop&#243;sito hasta la pr&#243;xima semana para poder concentrarme en pasar tiempo de calidad con mi familia.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reflexiones semanales gratuitas para una disciplina sostenible</strong>.<br>Directas a tu bandeja de entrada.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Pero no quer&#237;a dejarte colgado. Despu&#233;s de todo, esto se trata de disciplina, as&#237; que decid&#237; aprovechar esta oportunidad para agradecerte por leer e interactuar con mi contenido. Han sido meses de locura, pero finalmente siento que estoy recuperando mi creatividad para escribir, y creo que estas vacaciones solo van a mejorar las cosas.</p><p>Me acabo de dar cuenta de que <em>Self Disciplined</em> cumpli&#243; dos a&#241;os el 8 de septiembre. Y no lo not&#233; porque estaba demasiado ocupado para hacerlo. Pero vaya, el tiempo vuela, &#191;no?</p><p>Cuando comenc&#233; a escribir, realmente no ten&#237;a una voz propia ni una l&#237;nea editorial. No es que haya mejorado <em>tanto</em>, pero ahora s&#233; sobre qu&#233; quiero escribir y, lo m&#225;s importante, sobre qu&#233; no quiero escribir.</p><p>Quer&#237;a compartir este hito contigo porque no podr&#237;a haberlo alcanzado sin tu apoyo y ayuda.</p><p>Quiero decir, &#161;mira qu&#233; viaje tan loco ha sido!</p><p>Cuando comenc&#233; a escribir, realmente no pens&#233; que fuera a durar. Cualquier otro blog que hice dur&#243;, como mucho, dos publicaciones. Hasta la fecha, entre <em>Autodisciplina</em> y los compa&#241;eros de pago, he escrito exactamente 339 publicaciones, incluida esta (y su versi&#243;n en espa&#241;ol).</p><p>Comenc&#233; a escribir esta publicaci&#243;n como un regalo para mis hijos, un legado para que la leyeran a su propio ritmo, cuando quisieran y a medida que fueran creciendo, en caso de que yo no estuviera aqu&#237; para compartirlo con ellos. Ahora creo que todo lo que he escrito hasta este momento, y todo lo que seguir&#233; escribiendo, es un reflejo fiel de qui&#233;n soy y de qui&#233;n quiero convertirme &#8212; para ellos &#8212; porque s&#233; que, aunque intentara darles consejos verbalmente, todo llega cuando necesita llegar, y podr&#225;n leer esto cuando se sientan preparados para hacerlo. Adem&#225;s, podr&#225;n leer las cosas locas que escribi&#243; su pap&#225; en su juventud y entender un poco mejor su contexto mientras crecen.</p><p>Ahora, sin embargo, <em>Self Disciplined</em> es m&#225;s grande que eso. Se convirti&#243; en reflexiones. Se convirti&#243; en gu&#237;a. Se convirti&#243; en los principios que ahora uso para vivir mi propia vida.</p><p>Y qu&#233; vida tan hermosa y tormentosa ha sido. He crecido much&#237;simo gracias a esta experiencia. Di una charla TEDx. Me dio la idea para un libro &#8212; uno que todav&#237;a est&#225; en progreso.</p><p>Y lo m&#225;s importante, me ayud&#243; a ser m&#225;s compasivo conmigo mismo.</p><p>La vida me ha dado golpes, pero he aprendido a seguir adelante con ellos. Y creo que mi yo m&#225;s joven estar&#237;a orgulloso de ver en qui&#233;n nos estamos convirtiendo.</p><p>As&#237; que gracias, gracias por leer, gracias por compartir y gracias por darle un espacio a este pensador amateur.</p><p>Aqu&#237; vamos hacia otro nuevo a&#241;o &#128640;</p><p><strong>&#161;Espero que tengas una semana maravillosa!</strong></p><p>&#8212; Camilo</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><strong>P. D.</strong> Esta semana no habr&#225; compa&#241;ero de pago por esto, pero qu&#233;date pendiente del de la pr&#243;xima semana.</p></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024; Ideas que Vale la Pena Explorar</strong></h3><p>Si esta pieza reson&#243;, aqu&#237; hay un par m&#225;s que van de la mano.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;6c94e870-bc8c-4903-b81d-0d68eb87be57&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Esta semana se cumple un a&#241;o completo desde que empec&#233; a escribir.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&#161;Un a&#241;o de Autodisciplina!&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. 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Un momento desencadena algo &#8212; una cr&#237;tica en el trabajo, un comentario filoso de alguien cercano, una decisi&#243;n que no sali&#243; como esperabas &#8212; y, en lugar de quedarte con eso, desv&#237;as la atenci&#243;n. Te dices que no importa. Sigues adelante. Contin&#250;as funcionando.</p><p>Salvo que, en realidad, no sigues adelante. El momento reaparece cuando est&#225;s en la cama. Ti&#241;e c&#243;mo respondes al d&#237;a siguiente. Cambia c&#243;mo te presentas en situaciones que no tienen nada que ver. Pensaste que enterrarlo har&#237;a que desapareciera. En cambio, se acumula. Los momentos sin procesar se apilan y, de pronto, est&#225;s operando bajo una niebla que no logras nombrar.</p><p>En nuestra &#250;ltima reflexi&#243;n (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/reprimir-tus-emociones-como-la-supresion?utm_source=paid-companion">Reprimir tus emociones: c&#243;mo la supresi&#243;n emocional alimenta el drift</a>), nombramos este ciclo: supresi&#243;n expresiva y evitaci&#243;n experiencial. Ambas parecen control por fuera. Ambas generan carga alost&#225;tica por dentro. El resultado es el drift: act&#250;as de maneras que no se alinean con lo que valoras porque el costo emocional ha erosionado tu capacidad de elegir.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/core-concepts/drift?utm_source=paid_companion">Carga alost&#225;tica y drift</a> &#8212; C&#243;mo el estr&#233;s sin procesar desv&#237;a tu conducta</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; Lo que est&#225;s entrenando</h3><p>Est&#225;s entrenando la reevaluaci&#243;n cognitiva: la capacidad de reinterpretar una situaci&#243;n para que deje de distorsionar c&#243;mo respondes. Eso significa examinar lo que pas&#243; en lugar de descartarlo, procesar el sentimiento en lugar de suprimirlo y elegir una respuesta basada en la precisi&#243;n, no en la evitaci&#243;n.</p><p>Los katas que siguen te ayudan a interrumpir el reflejo de reprimir antes de que se acumule. Los ejecutas cuando un momento cae mal, cuando tu primer instinto es quitarle importancia o cuando aparece el impulso de suprimir. Cada uno toma menos de dos minutos. El objetivo no es pensar en positivo. El objetivo es pensar con precisi&#243;n, para que el evento deje de tirar de tu conducta una vez que ha pasado.</p><p>Tambi&#233;n hay un segundo beneficio: evidencia. Cada vez que reeval&#250;as en lugar de suprimir, te demuestras que puedes manejar lo que has estado evitando. Esa prueba construye capacidad. Cuanto m&#225;s practicas en momentos de bajo riesgo, m&#225;s autom&#225;tico se vuelve cuando las apuestas son mayores.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/self-regulation?utm_source=paid_companion">Autorregulaci&#243;n a trav&#233;s de la pr&#225;ctica</a> &#8212; Por qu&#233; la exposici&#243;n repetida construye capacidad emocional</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; Los katas</h3><p>Los katas son pr&#225;cticas breves y con nombre. Cada uno toma entre 30 y 120 segundos. Pract&#237;calos en d&#237;as f&#225;ciles para que sean autom&#225;ticos cuando llegue el estr&#233;s.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; La verificaci&#243;n de dos preguntas</h4><p>Este kata entrena la precisi&#243;n al evaluar. &#218;salo cuando tu primera reacci&#243;n sea &#171;no importa&#187; o &#171;estoy bien&#187;. Vas a separar lo que realmente pas&#243; de la historia que te est&#225;s contando al respecto.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reappraisal Drills: Training Your Way Out of Emotional Avoidance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three katas to help you process what you&#8217;ve been bottling up&#8212;before it compounds into drift.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/reappraisal-drills-training-your</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/reappraisal-drills-training-your</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:01:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7e5d6aa2-7981-421f-a8b4-d0771e4c266e_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xh7M!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xh7M!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xh7M!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xh7M!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xh7M!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xh7M!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp" width="1456" height="332" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:332,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:13740,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/216052893?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xh7M!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xh7M!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xh7M!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xh7M!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe17bdeb0-7fd8-462c-b2fe-5a5ee27d843b_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>This is a paid companion for <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/bottling-up-your-emotions-how-suppression?utm_source=paid-companion">Bottling Up Your Emotions: How Suppression Creates Drift</a></strong></em></p></div><h3>&#129517; The Struggle</h3><p>You&#8217;ve noticed the pattern. A moment triggers something&#8212;criticism at work, a sharp comment from someone close, a decision that didn&#8217;t land&#8212;and instead of sitting with it, you redirect. You tell yourself it doesn&#8217;t matter. You move on. You keep functioning.</p><p>Except you don&#8217;t actually move on. The moment resurfaces when you&#8217;re lying in bed. It colors how you respond the next day. It shifts how you show up in unrelated situations. You thought burying it would make it disappear. Instead, it compounds. The unprocessed moments stack, and suddenly you&#8217;re operating under a fog you can&#8217;t quite name.</p><p>In our latest reflection (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/bottling-up-your-emotions-how-suppression?utm_source=paid-companion">Bottling Up Your Emotions: How Suppression Creates Drift</a>), we named this cycle: expressive suppression and experiential avoidance. Both look like control on the outside. Both create allostatic load on the inside. The result is drift&#8212;acting in ways that don&#8217;t align with what you value because the emotional tax has eroded your capacity to choose.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/core-concepts/drift?utm_source=paid_companion">Allostatic Load &amp; Drift</a> &#8212; How unprocessed stress pulls your behavior off course</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; What You&#8217;re Training</h3><p>You&#8217;re training cognitive reappraisal&#8212;the capacity to reinterpret a situation so it no longer distorts how you respond. That means examining what happened instead of dismissing it, processing the feeling instead of suppressing it, and choosing a response based on accuracy rather than avoidance.</p><p>The katas below help you interrupt the bottling reflex before it compounds. You run them when a moment lands wrong, when your first instinct is to brush it off, when the urge to suppress shows up. Each one takes less than two minutes. The goal is not to think positively. The goal is to think accurately&#8212;so the event stops pulling on your behavior after it&#8217;s over.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a second benefit: evidence. Each time you reappraise instead of suppress, you prove to yourself that you can handle what you&#8217;ve been avoiding. That proof builds capacity. The more you practice in low-stakes moments, the more automatic it becomes when the stakes are higher.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/self-regulation?utm_source=paid_companion">Self-Regulation Through Practice</a> &#8212; Why repeated exposure builds emotional capacity</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; The Katas</h3><p>Katas are short, named practices. Each one takes 30&#8211;120 seconds. Practice them on easy days so they&#8217;re automatic when stress hits.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; The Two-Question Check</h4><p>This kata trains appraisal accuracy. Use it when your first reaction is &#8220;it doesn&#8217;t matter&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m fine.&#8221; You will separate what actually happened from the story you&#8217;re telling about it.</p>
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Llorar no era para ni&#241;os, sino para ni&#241;itas.</p><p>No escuch&#233; eso en mi hogar, la verdad. Siempre ven&#237;a de afuera: profesores, otros familiares y amigos lo escuchaban y tambi&#233;n lo internalizaban. Muchas veces ocurr&#237;a de manera indirecta, pero se repet&#237;a tanto socialmente que terminabas internaliz&#225;ndolo un poco.</p><p>En algunos casos, como el m&#237;o, con un toque de verg&#252;enza. En otros, como un entierro total de sentimientos y emociones.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reflexiones semanales gratuitas para una disciplina sostenible</strong>.<br>Directas a tu bandeja de entrada.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Creo &#8212; y esta es mi opini&#243;n, muy acotada y que estoy dispuesto a repensar y reevaluar &#8212; que los ni&#241;os sol&#237;amos tenerla m&#225;s dif&#237;cil que las ni&#241;as al crecer cuando se trataba de procesar nuestros sentimientos. M&#225;s a&#250;n, creo que esto era universal. Toma a un ni&#241;o de los 90 de Chile, uno de Estados Unidos y uno de, no s&#233;&#8230; &#191;China?, y probablemente el sentimiento sea compartido.</p><p>Hay encuestas, como <a href="https://www.equimundo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TheManBox-FullReport.pdf">esta</a>, que hablan un poco m&#225;s en detalle sobre esto y que se aplican a j&#243;venes estadounidenses. Ah&#237;, casi 6 de cada 10 j&#243;venes estadounidenses dijeron que sus padres les ense&#241;aron que un &#8220;hombre de verdad&#8221; debe actuar con fortaleza incluso cuando tiene miedo o est&#225; nervioso.</p><p>Y no son solo las personas en nuestro c&#237;rculo. Tambi&#233;n est&#225;n los medios, la cultura da&#241;ina y t&#243;xica que se difunde sobre lo que significa &#8212; err&#243;neamente, en mi opini&#243;n &#8212; ser hombre, que roza la misoginia. Hay un muy buen documental llamado <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81920687?preventIntent=true">Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere</a> que refuerza esta idea.</p><p>Estamos en una sociedad que ense&#241;a a los j&#243;venes, especialmente a los ni&#241;os, que ser vulnerable es una debilidad y que sentir emociones es una receta para el fracaso.</p><p>Hoy quiero profundizar en mis pensamientos sobre por qu&#233; reprimir tus sentimientos es peligroso y por qu&#233; pienso que esto es un canal para el drift.</p><h3>Puedes correr, pero no puedes esconderte</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png" width="240" height="180" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:180,&quot;width&quot;:240,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>A mi esposa y a m&#237; nos gusta ver una serie llamada <em>Alone</em>; la vemos en <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81271131">Netflix</a>, y aunque es entretenida, genera buenas conversaciones en la noche. Siempre bromeamos con que si fu&#233;ramos nosotros, probablemente no durar&#237;amos mucho ah&#237;. Pero es interesante ver a otras personas demostrando sus habilidades para sobrevivir en condiciones dif&#237;ciles y aportando distintas capacidades al programa.</p><p>La premisa es simple: diez concursantes van a un entorno salvaje, en aislamiento, completamente solos. Pueden llevar diez art&#237;culos de supervivencia, y no hay equipos de producci&#243;n ni camar&#243;grafos con ellos. Se graban a s&#237; mismos mientras sobreviven. El ganador se determina por qui&#233;n aguanta m&#225;s; a medida que avanza el programa, los competidores abandonan cuando sienten que no pueden continuar, o cuando los equipos m&#233;dicos determinan, durante chequeos peri&#243;dicos, que no pueden continuar.</p><p>Hemos visto el programa desde m&#225;s o menos el 2021, y nos pusimos al d&#237;a con temporadas anteriores. Aunque es entretenido, tambi&#233;n es educativo, no solo en habilidades de supervivencia, sino en distintos aspectos. Para m&#237;, uno ha ido destac&#225;ndose progresivamente: <em>observar el comportamiento humano en esas condiciones</em>.</p><p>Ver&#225;s, una de las cosas que he notado sobre la serie es que las personas tienden a irse por las siguientes razones principales:</p><ol><li><p>Luchas psicol&#243;gicas: personas que tienen que lidiar consigo mismas en aislamiento.</p></li><li><p>Salidas m&#233;dicas, voluntarias o involuntarias.</p></li></ol><p>Le ped&#237; a ChatGPT &#8212; porque soy un nerd &#8212; que me ayudara a catalogar las salidas a lo largo de todas las temporadas de la serie, incluyendo <em>Alone: Australia</em>, y mis notas no estaban muy lejos de los resultados reales: las razones f&#237;sicas o m&#233;dicas fueron la principal causa de salida, con un 54% del total, mientras que las razones psicol&#243;gicas quedaron en segundo lugar, con un 29,3% de las salidas.</p><p>Lo que me sorprende, al menos a m&#237;, es que muchos competidores que parecen muy h&#225;biles, y a quienes he identificado como candidatos potenciales para ganar &#8212; aunque no s&#233; nada sobre este tipo de cosas &#8212;, terminan abandonando por dificultades emocionales. Las razones pueden variar, pero en &#250;ltima instancia se reducen a que sienten el peso del aislamiento. Aqu&#237; es donde ocurre la lucha interna, y donde se produce ese 29,3% de las salidas.</p><p>Un caso que me llam&#243; la atenci&#243;n, principalmente porque es reciente &#8212; para m&#237;, reci&#233;n vimos la temporada 2024 &#8212; y porque la lucha interna es real y creo que m&#225;s de una persona la ha enfrentado antes, es el caso de Peter.</p><p>Peter mostr&#243; habilidades incre&#237;bles al comienzo del programa, pero, a medida que avanzaba, pod&#237;as verlo luchando con su propia lucha interna. Eso es lo que hace el aislamiento. En uno de los episodios, comenz&#243; a abrirse sobre su forma de lidiar con sus emociones al reprimirlas. Mencion&#243; que su filosof&#237;a era que, si entierras tus sentimientos lo suficientemente profundo, simplemente dejan de existir. Adem&#225;s, mencion&#243; que estaba intentando transmitir ese rasgo a su hijo, que era sensible y expresaba sus emociones con intensidad. Cuando lo hac&#237;a, la reacci&#243;n de Peter era intentar que las suprimiera y dejara de llorar.</p><p>Cuando estaba viendo esto, le comentaba a mi esposa, un poco frustrado: as&#237; no se lidia con los sentimientos; tienes que sentir lo que est&#225;s sintiendo. Los sentimientos eventualmente encuentran una forma de salir. Dicho y hecho. El mismo Peter reconoci&#243; que esta forma de operar como un &#8220;robot de &#233;lite&#8221; no ten&#237;a en cuenta el aislamiento y, en realidad, estaba funcionando en su contra.</p><p>Curiosamente, lo que lo hizo abandonar fue que, durante ese proceso, se dio cuenta de que necesitaba dejar de enterrar sus sentimientos y resolvi&#243; regresar a casa como un ser humano m&#225;s completo para su hijo. Eventualmente resolvi&#243; lo que yo criticaba desde el otro lado de la pantalla: resolvi&#243; dejar de negar sus sentimientos y enfrentarlos en su lugar.</p><p>Eso es lo que hace el aislamiento. Tu entorno se vuelve m&#225;s predecible y deja de exigir m&#225;s atenci&#243;n, as&#237; que tu mente dirige su atenci&#243;n hacia adentro. Tu mundo interno se vuelve m&#225;s ruidoso. Los sentimientos de los que pensabas que pod&#237;as huir eventualmente regresan, y regresan con toda su fuerza.</p><p>Puedes correr, pero no puedes esconderte.</p><h3>&#191;Por qu&#233; creo que reprimir es peligroso?</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png" width="498" height="389" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:389,&quot;width&quot;:498,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Bueno, para empezar, aclaremos algo. Para muchos, reprimir es sin&#243;nimo de <em>supresi&#243;n expresiva</em>, que creo que es como lo llama la psicolog&#237;a. Pero esta es solo una forma de reprimir las cosas.</p><p>El Departamento de Psicolog&#237;a de la Universidad de Utah describe la supresi&#243;n expresiva como:</p><blockquote><p>&#8230;una estrategia de regulaci&#243;n emocional que consiste en un control consciente descendente de la expresi&#243;n conductual refleja de la emoci&#243;n (por ejemplo, reprimir la risa o el llanto, o mantener una expresi&#243;n facial neutra para ocultar las emociones; Gross &amp; John, 2003).</p></blockquote><p>B&#225;sicamente, se trata de cambiar tu comportamiento cuando aparecen ciertas emociones para poder ocultarlas, al menos por fuera. Reprimir las cosas, sin embargo, es m&#225;s que eso. Incluye tambi&#233;n la <em>evitaci&#243;n experiencial</em>: simplemente evitar la experiencia o el sentimiento. Eso es lo que hizo Peter, en nuestro ejemplo anterior.</p><p>Creo que la secci&#243;n anterior revel&#243; gran parte de mi argumento: puedes huir de los sentimientos, pero no puedes realmente esconderte de ellos. Si los reprimes, lo &#250;nico que haces es contarte una historia que, en alg&#250;n momento y bajo ciertas condiciones &#8212; especialmente en soledad &#8212;, regresar&#225; con m&#225;s fuerza.</p><p>Reprimir las cosas puede cambiar c&#243;mo te ven los dem&#225;s, pero no cambia c&#243;mo te sientes por dentro.</p><p>Y eso no es todo. Tiene un costo f&#237;sico y mental.</p><p>No s&#233; si le&#237;ste mi art&#237;culo sobre el agotamiento; ah&#237; hablamos de la naturaleza autorreforzante del agotamiento. Bueno, algo muy similar ocurre con la naturaleza de la supresi&#243;n expresiva y la evitaci&#243;n experiencial.</p><p>Antes de comenzar a hablar de esto, quiero introducir una idea: la <em>hip&#243;tesis de la cognici&#243;n perseverativa</em>. Este es un marco que, en pocas palabras, plantea que un estresor f&#237;sico no necesita estar presente para seguir causando estr&#233;s. Guarda esto porque es importante para lo que describir&#233; a continuaci&#243;n.</p><p>Esta es mi comprensi&#243;n de este ciclo, as&#237; que por favor t&#243;mala con precauci&#243;n.</p><ol><li><p>Ocurre un evento estresante.</p></li><li><p>Reprimes el sentimiento e intentas dejarlo a un lado. El problema sigue ah&#237;; solo est&#225;s fingiendo que no existe. Sigues funcionando.</p></li><li><p>Tu cuerpo intenta regularse y compensar, por ejemplo, aumentando tu actividad cardiovascular. Esta capacidad se llama <em>alostasis</em>: la capacidad de tu organismo de lograr y mantener la estabilidad a trav&#233;s del cambio.</p></li></ol><p>Para algunas personas, funciona hasta que deja de funcionar. Cuando esto ocurre ocasionalmente, est&#225; bien; tu cuerpo est&#225; configurado para regularse bajo estas circunstancias. El problema aparece cuando est&#225;s expuesto a una activaci&#243;n repetida sin regresar primero a una l&#237;nea base estable. Y esto comienza a tener un costo. Puede afectar otras &#225;reas, como tu sue&#241;o, tu capacidad cognitiva y tu habilidad para regular el estr&#233;s.</p><p>El desgaste fisiol&#243;gico que se crea como resultado se llama <em>carga alost&#225;tica</em>.</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/cizambra/p/manufactured-urgency-is-not-the-same?r=dnz82&amp;selection=da16f1fd-f144-439a-9ce7-51900b03baa2&amp;utm_campaign=post-share-selection&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;aspectRatio=instagram&amp;textColor=%23ffffff&amp;bgImage=true">Ya hablamos brevemente sobre la carga alost&#225;tica antes</a>, la cual aumenta tu vulnerabilidad a que el drift ejerza su influencia sobre tu comportamiento.</p><h3>Reprimir como un canal para el drift</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" 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15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10716872/">La carga alost&#225;tica</a> se describe con m&#225;s profundidad como &#8220;la tensi&#243;n en el cuerpo producida por sistemas bajo desaf&#237;o y los cambios en el metabolismo y el desgaste en varios &#243;rganos y tejidos&#8221;.</p><p>&#191;Por qu&#233; es esto importante?</p><p>Si pensabas que reprimir las cosas, ocultar tus sentimientos &#8212; como quieras llamarlo &#8212; simplemente quedar&#237;a enterrado y no impactar&#237;a nada, eso no es del todo cierto. Acabamos de ver el costo que tiene en el cuerpo y la mente. La carga alost&#225;tica es el nombre de ese costo.</p><p>El asunto es que enterrar tus sentimientos no solo te impacta <em>a ti</em> como organismo, sino tambi&#233;n la forma en que interact&#250;as con los dem&#225;s, tu identidad, c&#243;mo te percibes a ti mismo y, en consecuencia, tu propio comportamiento. Reprimir las cosas es entonces un canal para el drift. Permite que el drift influya en tu comportamiento y que act&#250;es de maneras que no se alinean con lo que consideras coherente. Adem&#225;s, como la carga alost&#225;tica puede asociarse con otros problemas, como el agotamiento, podemos decir que los sentimientos que no procesas y ocultas en su lugar eventualmente pueden afectar e iniciar otros ciclos que se refuerzan mutuamente. D&#233;jame darte un ejemplo.</p><p>Hace un par de semanas <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/que-le-hace-el-agotamiento-a-tu?r=dnz82&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">hablamos sobre el agotamiento</a>. Hablamos de c&#243;mo cambia nuestro cerebro cuando se somete a estr&#233;s constante y c&#243;mo los mecanismos que ayudan a la limpieza de nuestro cerebro se desregulan. Esto conduce a problemas como la <em>acumulaci&#243;n de glutamato</em>, que puede afectar nuestra capacidad cognitiva.</p><p>El asunto es que, cuando hablamos de agotamiento, tendemos a hablar del trabajo. El estr&#233;s laboral afecta nuestro desempe&#241;o con el tiempo y crea m&#225;s estr&#233;s en un ciclo autorreforzante. <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/la-urgencia-fabricada-no-es-lo-mismo?r=dnz82&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">Fabricar urgencia</a> como herramienta de compensaci&#243;n para intentar ser m&#225;s productivos tampoco ayuda con eso, si no se hace con cuidado. De hecho, puede crear <em>m&#225;s</em> carga alost&#225;tica. Pero no necesariamente nos estresamos <em>solo</em> por nuestra carga de trabajo o ambiente laboral. Cualquier tipo de evento que haga que nuestro cerebro se sienta amenazado elevar&#225; nuestros niveles de estr&#233;s. Eso incluye eventos que desencadenan emociones, como una discusi&#243;n, un trauma, etc.</p><p>Ahora, &#191;por qu&#233; digo esto?</p><p>Conectemos los puntos. Si experimentamos este tipo de eventos y no los procesamos, sino que los dejamos a un lado, entonces nuestro cuerpo recibe un golpe. Pero un evento &#250;nico es recuperable; podemos regresar a nuestra l&#237;nea base con o sin ayuda. El problema es que la vida real no funciona as&#237;, y no es solo un evento de vez en cuando. Somos humanos. Estamos en desacuerdo. Tenemos momentos dif&#237;ciles. Vivimos una vida rica, con familia, amigos y trabajo. Es natural que haya distintos entornos en los que nuestras emociones jueguen un papel.</p><p>Si dejamos las emociones a un lado y la hip&#243;tesis de la cognici&#243;n perseverativa es verdadera, entonces esos eventos que desencadenan emociones pueden seguir afect&#225;ndonos, incluso cuando f&#237;sicamente ya no est&#233;n presentes, si nuestra mente los mantiene activos, por ejemplo, a trav&#233;s de la rumiaci&#243;n, la preocupaci&#243;n o los pensamientos recurrentes. Suma a eso el hecho de que nuestro cerebro tiende a olvidar detalles sobre los eventos, por lo que lo que recuerdas hoy podr&#237;a no ser exactamente lo que sucedi&#243;. Esto significa que cada evento a&#241;ade estr&#233;s a tu mente y cuerpo y, a medida que ocurren nuevos eventos, si no se procesan, tu carga alost&#225;tica comienza a aumentar y a desbordarse hacia otras &#225;reas, lo que empeora las cosas.</p><p>Por ejemplo, si afecta tu sue&#241;o, entonces tu desempe&#241;o puede verse obstaculizado en el trabajo y, por lo tanto, tus niveles de estr&#233;s recibir&#225;n un nuevo impulso. Eventualmente, tendr&#225;s dos ciclos viciosos: tus emociones no procesadas se autorreforzar&#225;n e impactar&#225;n tu carga alost&#225;tica, y esa misma carga servir&#225; como insumo para un ciclo de estr&#233;s cr&#243;nico y autorreforzante que tambi&#233;n alimentar&#225; tu ciclo emocional, perpetu&#225;ndolo con cada vuelta. Al final, no es que estas emociones necesariamente se acumulen, sino que las consecuencias de tenerlas reprimidas pueden generar m&#225;s estr&#233;s.</p><p>Las emociones pueden facilitar que el drift influya en tu comportamiento y te lleve a actuar de maneras en las que no actuar&#237;as si estuvieras operando bajo las condiciones adecuadas. Esto significa que necesitamos ayuda para descubrir cu&#225;les son esas condiciones y c&#243;mo podemos regresar a ellas.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; &#191;Quieres entrenar esto de verdad, no solo leerlo?</strong></h4><p>Cada semana, dentro de <em>Discipline Circle</em>, publico un <em>Paid Companion</em> breve que puedes trabajar en 10 minutos en un d&#237;a lento, para que la idea se quede contigo cuando llegue un d&#237;a dif&#237;cil.</p><p>$9.99/mes.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">&#218;nete a la pr&#225;ctica &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>&#191;Qu&#233; podemos hacer en su lugar?</h3><p>Simplemente rompe el ciclo. Eso es todo.</p><p>No lo dijo nadie, nunca.</p><p>No. Si has estado siguiendo <em>Self Disciplined</em> por un tiempo, sabes que me gusta hablar del ciclo de retorno. Para quienes son nuevos, el ciclo de retorno consiste en cuatro etapas: notar el comportamiento, regular, elegir qu&#233; hacer a continuaci&#243;n y luego actuar y cerrar la brecha.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-YMk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ace7b09-627e-4592-8051-06dac8fd3087_1915x821.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-YMk!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ace7b09-627e-4592-8051-06dac8fd3087_1915x821.png 424w, 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Eso es natural y normal.</p><p>Entramos en <strong>regulaci&#243;n</strong>.</p><p>Sentirse inc&#243;modo al intentar cambiar algo <em>que sabemos que podr&#237;a ser diferente para mejor</em> es una parte normal y necesaria de volverse m&#225;s coherente. Est&#225;s saliendo de tu zona de confort, as&#237; que, aunque es inc&#243;modo, deber&#237;as sentirte orgulloso de ti mismo. Si necesitas ayuda para navegar estos sentimientos, hay distintas opciones disponibles, pero mis opciones preferidas son (1) <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/210816237/enter-meditation">meditar</a> y (2) hablar con un profesional que pueda ayudarte a orientarte.</p><p>Luego, revisa qu&#233; opciones pueden ayudarte con tu comportamiento particular y <strong>elige</strong>. Esto puede hacerse con la ayuda de un profesional, o puedes investigar y ver qu&#233; se ajusta mejor; por supuesto, si es algo que podr&#237;a ponerte en riesgo, necesitas discutirlo con un experto.</p><p>Para este escenario particular &#8212; he estado reprimiendo mis sentimientos y est&#225; afectando mis relaciones, mi trabajo, mi vida, etc. &#8212;, recomendar&#237;a aprender m&#225;s sobre la <strong>reevaluaci&#243;n cognitiva</strong>.</p><p>La reevaluaci&#243;n cognitiva hace algo fundamentalmente diferente de la evitaci&#243;n: cambia nuestra interpretaci&#243;n de una situaci&#243;n para cambiar la forma en que nos afecta.</p><p>Poderoso, &#191;eh?</p><p>As&#237; es como lidiamos con un sentimiento en los escenarios de evitaci&#243;n, supresi&#243;n y reevaluaci&#243;n:</p><p><strong>Evitaci&#243;n:</strong> &#8220;No quiero lidiar con este sentimiento. Nunca sucedi&#243;&#8221;.</p><p><strong>Supresi&#243;n:</strong> &#8220;Estoy sintiendo esto, pero no lo voy a mostrar. No quiero que la gente piense que soy d&#233;bil&#8221;.</p><p><strong>Reevaluaci&#243;n:</strong> &#8220;Bien, estoy sintiendo esto. &#191;Qu&#233; significa esto <em>realmente</em>? &#191;C&#243;mo estoy interpretando esto y por qu&#233;?&#8221;.</p><p>Si te fijas, la reevaluaci&#243;n aqu&#237; se sumerge directamente en el sentimiento y la experiencia para que puedas entenderlos mejor, diferenci&#225;ndose as&#237; de la evitaci&#243;n.</p><p>Me atrever&#237;a a decir que, si puedes aplicar esto y ya est&#225;s en este ciclo emocionalmente agotador, este modelo puede ayudarte a romperlo. Porque te permite sentir lo que est&#225;s sintiendo y decidir c&#243;mo lidiar con ello. Una vez que lo procesas y lo resuelves, dejas de cargarlo qui&#233;n sabe cu&#225;nto tiempo. Una cosa menos por la cual estresarte. Un poco de paz que recuperas para ti.</p><p>Por ejemplo, digamos que alguien en el trabajo critica tu trabajo.</p><p>Puedes pensar autom&#225;ticamente: <em>&#8220;Mierda, piensan que soy incompetente&#8221;</em>.</p><p>Esa evaluaci&#243;n puede traer algunos sentimientos consigo: verg&#252;enza, preocupaci&#243;n, enojo, lo que sea.</p><p>Si tendemos a evitar, nuestra respuesta ser&#225; algo as&#237; como:</p><blockquote><p>Como sea. No me importa.</p></blockquote><p>Ahora, si respondes as&#237;, el sentimiento no va a ninguna parte. Mientras haces m&#225;s trabajo, o incluso cuando est&#225;s en casa, el pensamiento podr&#237;a regresar: <em>&#8220;Piensan que soy incompetente&#8221;</em>. Podr&#237;as empezar a repetir la conversaci&#243;n de vez en cuando, modificando tu comportamiento y tu trabajo para que <em>no piensen que soy incompetente</em>, etc. Este es un ejemplo de lo que mencionaba antes como <em>cognici&#243;n perseverativa</em>.</p><p>Hagamos algo de reevaluaci&#243;n. &#191;Qu&#233; tal si dij&#233;ramos:</p><blockquote><p>Espera un momento. &#191;Qu&#233; acaba de pasar?</p></blockquote><p>Y nos ponemos curiosos sobre las opciones:</p><ul><li><p><em>Quiz&#225;s estaban teniendo un mal d&#237;a; mi equipo realmente no se ha quejado y, hasta ahora, todo funciona como se esperaba.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Quiz&#225;s estaban criticando una decisi&#243;n dentro de mi trabajo que ellos habr&#237;an tomado de manera diferente. El trabajo a&#250;n se realiz&#243; correctamente. Era una cuesti&#243;n de preferencias.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Quiz&#225;s el trabajo no sali&#243; como se esperaba. Los errores ocurren; despu&#233;s de todo, somos humanos. &#191;C&#243;mo puedo asegurarme de que no vuelva a suceder? &#191;Qu&#233; puedo preguntar para ayudarme a crecer?</em></p></li><li><p>O incluso: <em>Eso estuvo fuera de lugar. &#191;Por qu&#233; me dijeron eso? Por supuesto que estar&#233; enojado despu&#233;s de eso. Tendremos que hablar m&#225;s tarde, quiz&#225;s cuando ambos nos hayamos calmado.</em></p></li></ul><p>Una cosa importante, que el &#250;ltimo punto de la lista anterior intenta mostrar, es que reevaluar <em>no</em> es pensamiento positivo. No se trata de preguntar: &#8220;&#191;C&#243;mo puedo repensar esto de una manera que me haga sentir mejor?&#8221;. De hecho, a veces la reevaluaci&#243;n puede confirmar que algo malo sucedi&#243;.</p><p>Por ejemplo, si alguien traicion&#243; tu confianza, no se trata de decir <em>&#8220;quiz&#225;s no lo hicieron con mala intenci&#243;n&#8221;</em>, sino de examinar lo que sucedi&#243; en lugar de simplemente callarlo.</p><blockquote><p>Lo que hicieron viol&#243; algo que valoro. Por eso me duele ahora. No puedo cambiar lo que hicieron, pero puedo decidir qu&#233; l&#237;mite puedo establecer despu&#233;s de esto.</p></blockquote><p>Honestamente, creo que &#8220;soltar&#8221; despu&#233;s de reevaluar tambi&#233;n es v&#225;lido, siempre y cuando soltar surja de una aceptaci&#243;n real de la situaci&#243;n y no de la evitaci&#243;n.</p><p>Al final, la reevaluaci&#243;n cognitiva es un mecanismo que puede ayudarnos a comprender con m&#225;s precisi&#243;n lo que sucedi&#243; para poder procesar nuestros sentimientos correctamente.</p><p>Una vez que elegimos qu&#233; hacer, entonces <strong>actuamos y cerramos la brecha</strong>. En el caso de la reevaluaci&#243;n cognitiva, si decides seguir este m&#233;todo, tienes que comprometerte a tomar acci&#243;n al respecto, incluso cuando sea inc&#243;modo.</p><p>Una vez que comiences a hacerlo, podr&#237;as empezar a notar que algunos ciclos que sol&#237;an generarse al reprimir tus sentimientos comienzan a desaparecer gradualmente.</p><p>En nuestro pr&#243;ximo art&#237;culo complementario practicaremos la reevaluaci&#243;n cognitiva para encontrar formas de internalizar este modelo y hacerlo parte de nuestro d&#237;a a d&#237;a.</p><p>Recuerda: dejar pasar las cosas est&#225; bien, siempre y cuando realmente las consideres sin importancia. De lo contrario, reeval&#250;a.</p><p><strong>&#161;Espero que tengas una semana maravillosa!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024; Ideas que Vale la Pena Explorar</strong></h3><p>Si esta pieza reson&#243;, aqu&#237; hay un par m&#225;s que van de la mano.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;5ed603a9-658d-4601-8188-6acca43cb138&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Este es un compa&#241;ero de pago para Algunas Semanas Necesitan Gracia M&#225;s Que Disciplina&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;C&#243;mo Detectar Desregulaci&#243;n Antes de Que Te Alcance&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. 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Disciplined&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bottling Up Your Emotions: How Suppression Creates Drift]]></title><description><![CDATA[What isolation, stress, and the return loop can teach us about feeling what we&#8217;d rather avoid.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/bottling-up-your-emotions-how-suppression</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/bottling-up-your-emotions-how-suppression</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:01:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I remember when I was little being told not to cry. Crying was not for boys, but for little girls.</p><p>I didn&#8217;t hear this in my household, truth be told. It always came from outside. Teachers, other family, friends &#8212; who heard it and internalized it as well. Many times indirectly, but it was so socially repeated that you end up internalizing it a bit.</p><p>In some cases, like mine, with a touch of shame. In others, as a full burial of feelings and emotions.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free weekly reflections for sustainable discipline.</strong><br>Straight to your inbox.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>I think &#8212; and this is my opinion, and a very narrow one that I&#8217;m willing to rethink and reassess &#8212; that boys used to have it harder than girls growing up when it came to processing our feelings. Furthermore, I think this was universal. Take a 90s boy from Chile, one from the U.S. and one from, I don&#8217;t know...China(?), and probably the feeling is shared.</p><p>There are surveys, like <a href="https://www.equimundo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TheManBox-FullReport.pdf">this one</a>, that talk a bit more in detail about this, applied to U.S. youth. There, nearly 6 out of 10 young American men said that their parents taught them that a &#8220;real man&#8221; should act strong even when he was scared or nervous.</p><p>And it&#8217;s not only people in our circle. It&#8217;s also the media, the damaging, toxic culture that is being spread about what it means (wrongly, in my opinion) to be a man, which borders on misogyny. There is a very good documentary called <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81920687?preventIntent=true">Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere</a> that reinforces this idea.</p><p>We are in a society that is teaching youth, especially boys, that being vulnerable is a weakness and that feeling emotions is a recipe for failure.</p><p>Today, I&#8217;d like to dive deeper into my thoughts on why bottling up your feelings is dangerous and why I think that is a channel for drift.</p><h3>You can run but you can&#8217;t hide</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png" width="240" height="180" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:180,&quot;width&quot;:240,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:38130,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/215913349?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bUB4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fff9730e3-7a10-442d-89e8-1b9a84bc73e4_240x180.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>My wife and I like to watch a series called <em>Alone</em>; we watch it on <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81271131">Netflix</a>, and while entertaining, it leads to good conversations at night. We always joke that if it were us, we probably wouldn&#8217;t last long there. But it&#8217;s nice to see other people demonstrating their abilities to survive in harsh conditions and bringing different skill sets to the show.</p><p>The premise is simple: ten contestants go into the wilderness, in isolation, completely on their own. They can carry ten survival items, and there are no production or camera crews with them. They record themselves while surviving. The winner is determined on a last-man-standing basis; as the show progresses, competitors tap out when they feel they can&#8217;t continue, or when medical crews determine &#8212; during periodic check-ins &#8212; that they cannot continue.</p><p>We&#8217;ve been watching the show since ~2021, and we caught up with seasons older than that. While entertaining, it is also educational, not only in survival skills but in different aspects. For me, one has been progressively becoming more outstanding: <em>noticing human behavior in those conditions</em>.</p><p>You&#8217;ll see, one of the things I&#8217;ve noticed about the series is that people tend to leave for the following main reasons:</p><ol><li><p>Psychological Struggles &#8212; people having to deal with themselves in isolation</p></li><li><p>Medical leave, voluntary or involuntary</p></li></ol><p>I asked ChatGPT (because I&#8217;m a nerd) to help me catalog the exits across all the seasons of the series (including <em>Alone: Australia</em>), and actually my notes were not too far from the actual results: physical/medical only was the main cause of exit, with 54% of the share, while psychological only followed with 29.3% of the exits.</p><p>What is surprising, to me at least, is that many competitors who seem very skilled &#8212; and whom I have identified as potential candidates for winning, although I know zero about this type of stuff &#8212; end up quitting because of emotional struggle. The reasons for that can vary, but ultimately narrow down to them feeling the weight of the isolation. Here is where the internal fight takes place, and where that 29.3% of exits happen.</p><p>One case that stood out to me, mainly because it&#8217;s recent &#8212; for me, we just watched 2024&#8217;s season &#8212; and because the internal struggle is real and I think more than one person has faced it before, is the case of Peter.</p><p>Peter showed amazing skills at the beginning of the show, but as the show progressed, you could see him struggling with his own internal fight. That&#8217;s what isolation does. In one of the episodes, he began to open up about his way of dealing with his emotions by bottling them up. He mentioned that his philosophy was that if you bury your feelings deep enough, they just stop existing. Furthermore, he mentioned that he was trying to pass that trait down to his kid, alluding to the fact that he was sensitive and would express big feelings, and when he would do that, his reaction would be to try to make him suppress them and stop crying.</p><p>When I was watching this, I was commenting to my wife, a little frustrated &#8212; that is not how you deal with the feeling; you have to feel the feeling. Feelings eventually find their way out. Said and done. Peter himself acknowledged the fact that this way of operating as an &#8220;elite robot&#8221; didn&#8217;t account for isolation and, in reality, was working against him.</p><p>Interestingly, what made him tap out was that during that process, he realized he needed to stop burying his feelings and resolved to get back home as a more whole human being for his son. He eventually resolved what I was criticizing from the other side of the screen: he resolved to stop denying his feelings and to face them instead.</p><p>That&#8217;s what isolation does. Your environment becomes more predictable and stops demanding more attention, so your mind shifts its attention inward. Your internal world gets louder. The feelings you thought you could run from eventually come back, and come back with all their might.</p><p>You can run, but you can&#8217;t hide.</p><h3>Why I think bottling up is dangerous?</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nztc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d2e989a-e5d4-44bc-a278-757bfc55fe55_498x389.png 424w, 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fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Well, for starters, let&#8217;s start with a note. For many, bottling up is a synonym for <em>expressive suppression</em> &#8212; which I think is how psychology calls it. But this is just one way to bottle things up.</p><p>The Department of Psychology at the University of Utah describes expressive suppression as:</p><blockquote><p>...an emotion regulation strategy that consists of top-down, conscious control of reflexive behavioral expression of emotion (e.g., stifling laughter or crying, or maintaining a neutral facial expression to hide emotions; Gross &amp; John, 2003).</p></blockquote><p>Basically, changing your behavior when emotions happen so you can hide them, at least on the outside. Bottling things up, though, is more than that. It includes <em>experiential avoidance</em> &#8212; plainly avoiding the experience or the feeling &#8212; as well. That&#8217;s what Peter, in our example above, did.</p><p>I think the previous section gave away a big part of my argument: you can run from the feelings, but you can&#8217;t really hide from them. If you bottle them up, all you&#8217;re doing is telling yourself a story that, at some point, under certain conditions, especially solitude, will come back with more might.</p><p>Bottling things up can change how others see you, but it doesn&#8217;t change how you feel on the inside.</p><p>And that&#8217;s not all. It comes at a cost, physical and mental.</p><p>I don&#8217;t know if you read my article on burnout; there, we talk about the self-reinforcing nature of burnout. Well, something very similar happens with the nature of expressive suppression and experiential avoidance.</p><p>Before I begin talking about this, though, I want to introduce an idea: the <em>perseverative cognition hypothesis.</em> This is a framework that, in a nutshell, states that a physical stressor doesn&#8217;t need to be there to keep causing stress. Hold onto this because it&#8217;s important for what I&#8217;ll describe next.</p><p>This is my understanding of this cycle, so please take this with a grain of salt.</p><ol><li><p>There is a stressful event that takes place.</p></li><li><p>You bottle it up and try to put the feeling aside. The issue is still there; you are just pretending it doesn&#8217;t exist. You keep functioning.</p></li><li><p>Your body tries to regulate and compensate, for instance by increasing your cardiovascular activity. This capacity is called <em>allostasis</em>: the capacity of your organism to achieve and maintain stability through change.</p></li></ol><p>For some people, it works until it doesn&#8217;t. When this happens occasionally, it&#8217;s all good; your body is configured to regulate under these circumstances. The problem comes when you are exposed to repeated activation without returning to a meaningful baseline first. And this starts becoming costly. It can impact other areas, like your sleep, your cognitive capacity, your ability to regulate stress, etc.</p><p>The physiological wear that is created as an outcome is called <em>allostatic load.</em></p><p><a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/manufactured-urgency-is-not-the-same?r=dnz82&amp;selection=da16f1fd-f144-439a-9ce7-51900b03baa2&amp;utm_campaign=post-share-selection&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;aspectRatio=instagram&amp;textColor=%23ffffff&amp;bgImage=true">We briefly talked about allostatic load before</a>, which increases your vulnerability to drift exercising its pull on your behavior.</p><h3>Bottling up as a channel for drift</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png" width="244" height="234.0875" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:614,&quot;width&quot;:640,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:244,&quot;bytes&quot;:139415,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/215913349?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ujkx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3912af6-f5cf-4329-9788-a5dd0c0ddbf0_640x614.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10716872/">Allostatic load</a> is described in more depth as &#8220;the strain on the body produced by systems under challenge and the changes in metabolism and wear and tear on a number of organs and tissues&#8221;.</p><p>Why is this important?</p><p>If you thought bottling things up, hiding your feelings, whatever you want to name it, would just stay buried and not impact anything, that&#8217;s not quite true. We just saw the tax it pays on the body and the mind. Allostatic load is the name of that tax.</p><p>The thing is that burying your feelings not only impacts <em>you</em> as an organism, but also how you interact with others, your identity, how you perceive yourself, and, consequently, your own behavior. Bottling things up is then a channel for drift. It allows drift to exercise its pull on your behavior and enables you to act in ways that don&#8217;t align with what you deem coherent. Furthermore, because allostatic load can be associated with other issues like burnout, we can say that the feelings you don&#8217;t process and hide instead can eventually have an impact and start other cycles that mutually reinforce each other. Let me give you an example.</p><p>A couple of weeks ago <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/what-burnout-does-to-your-brain-and?r=dnz82&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">we talked about burnout</a>. We talked about how our brain changes when subjected to constant stress, and how the mechanisms that help our brain&#8217;s cleanup get wonky. This leads to issues like <em>glutamate buildup</em> that can affect our cognitive capacity.</p><p>The thing is that when we talk about burnout, we tend to talk about work. Work stress affects our performance over time and creates more stress in a self-reinforcing cycle. <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/manufactured-urgency-is-not-the-same?r=dnz82&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">Manufacturing urgency</a> as a compensation tool to try to be more productive doesn&#8217;t help with that either, if not done carefully. If anything, it can create <em>more</em> allostatic load. But we don&#8217;t necessarily get stressed <em>just</em> because of our workload or work environment. Any sort of event that makes our brain feel threatened will elevate our levels of stress. That includes emotion-triggering events, like an argument, trauma, etc.</p><p>Now, why do I say that?</p><p>Let&#8217;s connect the dots. If we experience these sorts of events and we don&#8217;t process them but set them aside, then our body takes a toll. But a one-time event is recoverable; we can get back to our baseline with or without help. The problem is that real life doesn&#8217;t work like that, and it&#8217;s not only one event every now and then. We are human. We disagree. We have hard moments. We live a rich life with family, friends, and work. It&#8217;s natural that there will be different environments in which our emotions will play a role.</p><p>If we put the emotions aside, and if the perseverative cognition hypothesis is true, then those emotion-triggering events can continue affecting us, even though physically they are no longer there, if our mind keeps them active &#8212; for example, through rumination, worry, or recurrent thoughts. Add to that the fact that our brain tends to forget details about events, so what you remember today might not quite be the real details of what happened. This means that every event adds stress to your mind and body, and as new events happen, if they are not processed, then your allostatic load starts increasing, and it starts spilling over into other areas, which makes things worse.</p><p>For instance, if it impacts your sleep, then your performance can be hindered at work, and hence your levels of stress will gain a new edge. Eventually, you will have two vicious cycles: your undealt-with emotions self-reinforcing and impacting your allostatic load, and that same load serving as input for a chronic, self-reinforcing stress loop that also feeds your emotional cycle, perpetuating and self-reinforcing the cycle with every loop. In the end, it&#8217;s not that these emotions necessarily accumulate, but that the consequences of them being bottled up can generate more stress.</p><p>Emotions enable drift to pull on your behavior, making you act maybe in ways you wouldn&#8217;t if you were operating under the right conditions. This means we need help figuring out what those right conditions are and how we can get to them.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; Want to actually train this, not just read it?</strong></h4><p>Each week inside <em>Discipline Circle</em>, I publish a short <em>Paid Companion</em> you can work through in 10 minutes on a slow day, so the idea sticks when a hard day hits.</p><p>$9.99/month.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">Join the Discipline Circle &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>What can we do instead?</h3><p>Just break the cycle. That&#8217;s it.</p><p>Said no one, ever.</p><p>No. If you have been following <em>Self Disciplined</em> for a while, you know that I like to talk about the return loop. For those of you who are new, the return loop consists of four stages: notice the behavior, regulate, choose what to do next, and then act and close the gap.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-YMk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ace7b09-627e-4592-8051-06dac8fd3087_1915x821.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-YMk!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ace7b09-627e-4592-8051-06dac8fd3087_1915x821.png 424w, 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That&#8217;s natural, and it&#8217;s normal.</p><p>We enter <strong>regulation</strong>.</p><p>Feeling uncomfortable when trying to change something <em>we know could be positively different</em> is a normal and necessary part of becoming more coherent. You are getting out of your comfort zone, so while it is uncomfortable, you should feel proud of yourself. If you need help navigating these feelings, there are different options available to you, but my go-to options are (1) <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/210816237/enter-meditation">meditate</a> and (2) talk with a professional who can help guide you.</p><p>Then see what options are available that can help you with your particular behavior, and <strong>choose</strong>. This can be done with the help of a professional, or you can research and see what fits best &#8212; of course, if it&#8217;s something that could put you at risk, you need to discuss it with an expert.</p><p>For this particular scenario (I&#8217;ve been bottling up my feelings and it&#8217;s impacting my relationships, work, life, etc.), I would recommend learning more about <strong>cognitive reappraisal</strong>.</p><p>Cognitive reappraisal does something fundamentally different from avoidance: it changes our interpretation of a situation in order to change how it impacts us.</p><p>Powerful, eh?</p><p>Here is how we deal with a feeling in the scenarios of avoidance, suppression, and reappraisal:</p><p><strong>Avoidance:</strong> &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to deal with this feeling. It never happened.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Suppression:</strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m feeling this, but I&#8217;m not going to show it. I don&#8217;t want people to think I&#8217;m weak.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Reappraisal:</strong> &#8220;Okay, so I&#8217;m feeling this. What does this <em>really</em> mean? How am I interpreting this, and why?&#8221;</p><p>If you notice, reappraisal here dives right into the feeling and the experience so you can understand it better, effectively making it different from avoidance.</p><p>I would dare to say that if you can apply this and you are already in this emotionally exhausting cycle, this model can help you break it. Because it enables you to feel the feeling and decide how to deal with it. Once it&#8217;s dealt with and resolved, then you don&#8217;t carry it with you for who knows how long. One less thing to be stressed about. One bit of peace you get back for yourself.</p><p>For example, let&#8217;s say somebody at work criticizes your work.</p><p>You can automatically think: <em>&#8220;shit, they think I&#8217;m incompetent.&#8221;</em></p><p>That appraisal can bring some feelings with it: shame, worry, anger, you name it.</p><p>If we tend to avoid, our response will be along the lines of:</p><blockquote><p>Whatever. I don&#8217;t care.</p></blockquote><p>Now, if you respond like that, the feeling is not going anywhere. While doing more work, or even when you are at home, the thought might come back: <em>&#8220;they think I&#8217;m incompetent.&#8221;</em> You might start replaying the conversation every now and then, modifying your behavior and your output so they <em>don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m incompetent</em>, etc. This is an example of what I was mentioning before as <em>perseverative cognition</em>.</p><p>Let&#8217;s do some reappraisal. What if we said:</p><blockquote><p>Hold on right there. What just happened?</p></blockquote><p>And get curious about the options:</p><ul><li><p><em>Maybe they were having a bad day; my team hasn&#8217;t really complained, and so far everything works as expected.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Maybe they were criticizing a decision within my work that they would have made differently. The job was still performed correctly. It was a matter of preference.</em></p></li><li><p><em>Maybe the work didn&#8217;t go as expected. Mistakes happen; we are human after all. How can I make sure it won&#8217;t happen again? What can I ask that can help me grow?</em></p></li><li><p>Or even, <em>That was uncalled for. Why did they call me that? Of course I will be angry after that. We will have to talk later, maybe when we&#8217;ve both calmed down.</em></p></li></ul><p>One thing that is important, and that the last point in the list above tries to show, is that reappraising is <em>not</em> positive thinking. It&#8217;s not asking, &#8220;How can I rethink this in a way that makes me feel better?&#8221; In fact, sometimes reappraisal can confirm that something bad happened.</p><p>For instance, if somebody betrayed your trust, it&#8217;s not about saying <em>&#8220;maybe they didn&#8217;t mean it&#8221;</em>, but about examining what happened rather than just shushing it away.</p><blockquote><p>What they did violated something I hold dear. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m hurting right now. I can&#8217;t change what they did, but I can decide what boundary I can set after this.</p></blockquote><p>Honestly, I think &#8220;letting go&#8221; after reappraising is also valid, as long as letting go stems from a real acceptance of the situation rather than avoidance.</p><p>In the end, cognitive reappraisal is a mechanism that can help us understand more accurately what happened so we can process our feelings correctly.</p><p>Once we choose what to do, then we <strong>act and close the gap</strong>. In the case of cognitive reappraisal, if you decide to follow this method, then you have to commit to actually taking action on it, even when it&#8217;s uncomfortable.</p><p>Once you start doing it, you might start noticing that some cycles that used to spawn when bottling your feelings up start gradually disappearing.</p><p>In our next companion, we will practice cognitive reappraisal so we have ways to internalize this model and make it part of our day-to-day.</p><p>Remember, brushing things off is okay, as long as you really deem them unimportant. Otherwise, reappraise.</p><p><strong>I hope you have a wonderful week!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024;Ideas Worth Exploring</strong></h3><p>If this piece resonated, here are a few more that go hand-in-hand.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;5d1c58f7-0d2a-4f1d-b864-8bf171dbe7b8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This is a paid companion for Some Weeks Need Grace More Than Discipline&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How to Catch Dysregulation Before It Catches You&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. 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You wrote it down. You decided. But when you sit down to work, everything pulls with equal force. The email feels urgent. The new idea feels critical. The half-finished task from yesterday feels abandoned. Your brain doesn&#8217;t disagree with the priority&#8212;it just can&#8217;t hold it steady while you act.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t about motivation. It&#8217;s about working memory operating below threshold. When executive function dips, your prefrontal cortex struggles to keep the goal online while you execute. You start Task A, then Task B hijacks your attention. Not because B is more important, but because your brain can&#8217;t maintain A&#8217;s priority signal in real time.</p><p>The weight isn&#8217;t the work itself. It&#8217;s the constant recalculation of what matters right now, decision after decision, until your executive capacity drains and the environment decides for you.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/self-regulation?utm_source=paid_companion">Self-Regulation</a> &#8212; How your brain manages competing demands when internal control is limited</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; What You&#8217;re Training</h3><p>You are training external prioritization. That means building systems that hold your priority steady when your working memory can&#8217;t. Instead of relying on your brain to remember what matters in the moment, you construct an environment that remembers for you.</p><p>In our latest reflection (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/how-to-prioritize-when-executive">How to Prioritize When Executive Dysfunction Makes Everything Feel Important</a>), we named the core problem: under executive dysfunction, working memory doesn&#8217;t reliably allocate resources to high-priority information. You know the goal, but keeping it active while you work becomes inconsistent. The katas below train you to offload that weight onto structures outside your head&#8212;visual cues, time boundaries, pre-decided rules. This reduces the number of live decisions you make while working, preserving executive capacity for execution instead of constant recalculation.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a second benefit: evidence accumulation. Each time you run these practices, you prove to yourself that the system works even when your brain feels unreliable. That proof builds trust in the method, which reduces resistance the next time executive function dips.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/core-concepts/friction?utm_source=paid_companion">Friction</a> &#8212; Why reducing decision points preserves executive control</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; The Katas</h3><p>Katas are short, named practices. Each one takes 30&#8211;120 seconds. Practice them on easy days so they&#8217;re automatic when stress hits.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; The Priority Post</h4><p>This kata trains visual externalization. Use it when you feel task-switching pressure before you even start. You will anchor your attention to one visible priority instead of holding it in working memory.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Construir un sistema de prioridades que funcione cuando tu cerebro no lo hace]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tres katas y una secuencia para entrenar la priorizaci&#243;n externa cuando la memoria de trabajo falla]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/construir-un-sistema-de-prioridades</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/construir-un-sistema-de-prioridades</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:02:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/de16ded9-05db-491b-a459-c6acc3bf867e_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLfj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLfj!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLfj!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLfj!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLfj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLfj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp" width="1456" height="332" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:332,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:16844,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/214999636?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLfj!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLfj!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLfj!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rLfj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd483de15-e014-4e6e-b186-8204526315fb_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>Este es un compa&#241;ero de pago para <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/es/p/como-priorizar-cuando-la-disfuncion">C&#243;mo priorizar cuando la disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva hace que todo parezca importante</a></strong></em></p></div><h3>&#129517; La Lucha</h3><p>Sabes lo que importa. Lo escribiste. Lo decidiste. Pero cuando te sientas a trabajar, todo tira con la misma fuerza. El correo se siente urgente. La idea nueva se siente cr&#237;tica. La tarea a medias de ayer se siente abandonada. Tu cerebro no discrepa con la prioridad, simplemente no puede mantenerla firme mientras act&#250;as.</p><p>Esto no se trata de motivaci&#243;n. Se trata de que la memoria de trabajo opera bajo el umbral. Cuando la funci&#243;n ejecutiva cae, tu corteza prefrontal tiene problemas para mantener el objetivo activo mientras ejecutas. Comienzas la Tarea A, luego la Tarea B secuestra tu atenci&#243;n. No porque B sea m&#225;s importante, sino porque tu cerebro no puede mantener la se&#241;al de prioridad de A en tiempo real.</p><p>El peso no es el trabajo en s&#237;. Es el rec&#225;lculo constante de lo que importa ahora mismo, decisi&#243;n tras decisi&#243;n, hasta que tu capacidad ejecutiva se agota y el entorno decide por ti.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/self-regulation?utm_source=paid_companion">Autorregulaci&#243;n</a> &#8212; C&#243;mo tu cerebro gestiona demandas en competencia cuando el control interno es limitado</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; Lo Que Est&#225;s Entrenando</h3><p>Est&#225;s entrenando la priorizaci&#243;n externa. Eso significa construir sistemas que mantengan tu prioridad firme cuando tu memoria de trabajo no puede hacerlo. En lugar de depender de que tu cerebro recuerde lo que importa en el momento, construyes un entorno que recuerda por ti.</p><p>En nuestra &#250;ltima reflexi&#243;n (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/es/p/como-priorizar-cuando-la-disfuncion">C&#243;mo priorizar cuando la disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva hace que todo parezca importante</a>), nombramos el problema central: bajo la disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva, la memoria de trabajo no asigna recursos de manera confiable a la informaci&#243;n de alta prioridad. Conoces el objetivo, pero mantenerlo activo mientras trabajas se vuelve inconsistente. Los katas que siguen te entrenan para descargar ese peso en estructuras fuera de tu cabeza: se&#241;ales visuales, l&#237;mites de tiempo, reglas predecididas. Esto reduce el n&#250;mero de decisiones activas que tomas mientras trabajas, preservando la capacidad ejecutiva para la ejecuci&#243;n en lugar del rec&#225;lculo constante.</p><p>Tambi&#233;n hay un segundo beneficio: acumulaci&#243;n de evidencia. Cada vez que ejecutas estas pr&#225;cticas, te demuestras a ti mismo que el sistema funciona incluso cuando tu cerebro se siente poco confiable. Esa prueba construye confianza en el m&#233;todo, lo que reduce la resistencia la pr&#243;xima vez que la funci&#243;n ejecutiva cae.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/core-concepts/friction?utm_source=paid_companion">Fricci&#243;n</a> &#8212; Por qu&#233; reducir los puntos de decisi&#243;n preserva el control ejecutivo</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; Los Katas</h3><p>Los katas son pr&#225;cticas cortas con nombre. Cada uno toma entre 30 y 120 segundos. Pract&#237;calos en d&#237;as f&#225;ciles para que sean autom&#225;ticos cuando llegue el estr&#233;s.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; El Post de Prioridad</h4><p>Este kata entrena la externalizaci&#243;n visual. &#218;salo cuando sientas presi&#243;n para cambiar de tarea antes incluso de comenzar. Anclar&#225;s tu atenci&#243;n a una prioridad visible en lugar de mantenerla en la memoria de trabajo.</p>
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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>One of the biggest struggles I have with a brain that doesn&#8217;t always function executively is prioritizing.</p><p>In the past &#8212; I&#8217;m talking about years ago &#8212; prioritizing was a real struggle, and it got in the way of me doing things. Not just getting things done, but even starting them. This made my brain develop the habit of dreaming more than doing. Either everything was important, nothing was important, or something new became important every time.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free weekly reflections for sustainable discipline.</strong><br>Straight to your inbox.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>As time went by, I learned different ways to tame prioritization, and they have proven useful on more than one occasion.</p><p>Today I&#8217;d like to answer two questions: <em>why does prioritization get impacted by executive dysfunction?</em> And <em>what tools exist to tackle prioritization when executive dysfunction gets in the way?</em></p><p>I think this will be a good reminder &#8212; for me &#8212; of what to do when I need to prioritize, and it will also be good support for you if you are in a similar situation.</p><h3>Why does prioritization get impacted by executive dysfunction?</h3><p>I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m neurodivergent. I have honestly never checked for that myself. What I do know, though, is that my brain shows signs of executive dysfunction &#8212; something I think overlaps with the experiences of people in the neurodivergent community. I like to believe that we all experience executive dysfunction at certain times, with some of us feeling its effects more strongly than others.</p><p>In my case, I think that when these dysfunctions show up, <em>they show up</em>. One of the areas they affect is my ability to prioritize effectively &#8212; sometimes, although much less often than in the past.</p><p>I think I have talked about this before, but when we struggle with things like this, we tend to be very hard on ourselves: You don&#8217;t know how to prioritize. You don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s important. You are unreliable. And so on. That tends to mess with our self-perception and identity.</p><p>So why do people with struggles like mine &#8212; maybe you, or someone you know &#8212; get impacted in this area?</p><p>Well, it turns out that prioritization itself is an executive function. The brain doesn&#8217;t just know which things are more important than others. It has to construct that priority.</p><p>So while the brain is normally good at deciding what&#8217;s important and acting on it, executive dysfunction can make it harder to act on the tasks we deem important. The brain may still be capable of determining which task is more important, but the environment ends up deciding what gets our attention &#8212; and what doesn&#8217;t.</p><p>One of the things I learned is that the <em>prefrontal cortex</em> (PFC) &#8212; our old friend &#8212; plays an important role in keeping our goals online and helping our behavior follow them. Working memory supports that process. But one effect of executive dysfunction can be that working memory doesn&#8217;t always work as expected.</p><p>There are studies showing that working memory &#8212; which helps you retain relevant information in real time &#8212; plays a role in prioritization. Executive control allocates more of its limited resources toward high-priority information. If you can&#8217;t keep the goal active in real time, then it&#8217;s hard to follow through with it. This can also be negatively affected when other elements, like inhibition, attentional control, or task switching, are weaker.</p><p>As a consequence, we know the priority, but we don&#8217;t reliably act on it.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; Want to actually train this, not just read it?</strong></h4><p>Each week inside <em>Discipline Circle</em>, I publish a short <em>Paid Companion</em> you can work through in 10 minutes on a slow day, so the idea sticks when a hard day hits.</p><p>$9.99/month.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">Join the Discipline Circle &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>What can we do about it?</h3><p>So, now we know what happens.</p><p>Under executive dysfunction, our working memory doesn&#8217;t always allocate the resources it should to keep what matters in mind when we take action.</p><p>It sounds terrible, but it really isn&#8217;t. It just is what it is.</p><p>One question I ask myself sometimes is, <em>&#8220;Why does my brain sometimes do weird shit?&#8221;</em> The real question, though, is <em>what should I do to support my brain when it does weird shit?</em></p><p>The idea of returning means accepting drift as the default. We will tend to get pulled away from what matters in terms of our behavior. It&#8217;s inevitable. We are human.</p><p>Having our brains pull us away from coherence is just one channel through which drift manifests, so our focus shouldn&#8217;t be on rejecting this premise, but on embracing it and working around it.</p><p>Working as a software engineer, I know that there will always be conditions that show up in the systems we build. Some of them are permanent, and some are transient.</p><p>For instance, if your system depends on another service, and for some reason that service is temporarily down, that&#8217;s a transient error. When your system receives input it&#8217;s not supposed to receive, it can lead to a permanent error.</p><p>Regardless, we need to establish what follows when either happens. We need to decide what state the system should be in this case, what tools will be called or used to unblock the system, and what rules should be followed to recover the system if it gets stuck.</p><p>The same happens with our brains.</p><p>Sometimes our working memory won&#8217;t work as we expect, or our executive control won&#8217;t operate as it usually does. So instead of rejecting this premise, we build around it.</p><p>We build a system &#8212; one that helps us lift that weight when we can&#8217;t carry it.</p><p>In the case of prioritization, the best way is to build a system that remembers <em>for you</em>.</p><p>You can achieve this in three ways: <em>adapting your environment</em>, <em>using or building tools</em>, and <em>setting operating rules</em>.</p><p>By <em>adapting your environment</em>, you set it up to hold the priority for you and keep you accountable to it. For instance:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Externalize the priority.</strong> Paste a Post-it note somewhere visible to help you remember what is important <em>now</em>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Reduce the number of choices</strong> about what to do next. Instead of choosing every time, make a choice and make it explicit. Reassessing priorities every time consumes executive capacity, diminishing executive control.</p></li><li><p><strong>Reduce your distractions</strong> so they don&#8217;t hijack your working memory.</p></li></ul><p>You can also <em>build and use tools</em>, which help you lift some of the weight by automating a task or serving as a supporting extension to help you reach your goal. For instance, <strong>timeboxing</strong> gives your priorities an external boundary. This lifts the weight of wondering, &#8220;Am I spending too long on this task?&#8221; It also helps you avoid spending too much time on a task that might not be a priority <em>while you are in it</em>.</p><p>Finally, when we <em>set operating rules</em>, we lift the decisional weight that sometimes blocks us from prioritizing &#8212; or reprioritizing &#8212; and moving between priorities accordingly. For instance, you can pre-decide what happens when something interrupts you: <em>&#8220;If an email comes in while I&#8217;m writing, I&#8217;ll finish the block before checking it.&#8221;</em> This helps you replace a decision you&#8217;d otherwise make in the moment with a rule you made earlier.</p><p>I have implemented many of these resources without knowing it, and I can tell they work. But it takes time, a lot of patience, and a lot of compassion. It won&#8217;t be easy, and it takes some failure and experimentation to learn and grow.</p><p>In our next paid companion, we will explore some practices that can help us prioritize when our executive functions are running low.</p><p>In the meantime, think about these resources and try to implement a rudimentary system that can help you prioritize accordingly. Feel free to ask questions in our comments or via DM. 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kTEE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c2af609-c30e-46f6-9a7c-170b475eaa11_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kTEE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c2af609-c30e-46f6-9a7c-170b475eaa11_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kTEE!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c2af609-c30e-46f6-9a7c-170b475eaa11_1536x1024.png 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Una de las mayores luchas que tengo con un cerebro que no siempre funciona ejecutivamente es priorizar.</p><p>En el pasado (hablo de hace a&#241;os) priorizar era una lucha real, y me imped&#237;a hacer cosas. No solo terminarlas, sino incluso comenzarlas. Esto hizo que mi cerebro desarrollara el h&#225;bito de so&#241;ar m&#225;s que hacer. O todo era importante, o nada era importante, o algo nuevo se volv&#237;a importante cada vez.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reflexiones semanales gratuitas para una disciplina sostenible</strong>.<br>Directas a tu bandeja de entrada.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Con el tiempo fui aprendiendo distintas formas de domesticar la priorizaci&#243;n, y me han resultado &#250;tiles en m&#225;s de una ocasi&#243;n.</p><p>Hoy me gustar&#237;a responder dos preguntas: <em>&#191;por qu&#233; la priorizaci&#243;n se ve afectada por la disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva?</em> Y <em>&#191;qu&#233; herramientas existen para abordar la priorizaci&#243;n cuando la disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva se interpone?</em></p><p>Creo que esto ser&#225; un buen recordatorio (para m&#237;) de qu&#233; hacer cuando necesito priorizar, y tambi&#233;n ser&#225; un buen apoyo para ti si te encuentras en una situaci&#243;n similar.</p><h3>&#191;Por qu&#233; la priorizaci&#243;n se ve afectada por la disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva?</h3><p>No s&#233; si soy neurodivergente. Honestamente, nunca me lo he revisado. Lo que s&#237; s&#233; es que mi cerebro muestra signos de disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva, algo que creo se solapa con las experiencias de personas en la comunidad neurodivergente. Me gusta pensar que todos experimentamos disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva en ciertos momentos, con algunos de nosotros sintiendo sus efectos con m&#225;s fuerza que otros.</p><p>En mi caso, creo que cuando estas disfunciones aparecen, <em>aparecen</em>. Una de las &#225;reas que afectan es mi capacidad para priorizar de forma efectiva; a veces, aunque mucho menos que en el pasado.</p><p>Creo que he hablado de esto antes, pero cuando batallamos con cosas as&#237;, tendemos a ser muy duros con nosotros mismos: No sabes priorizar. No sabes qu&#233; es importante. Eres poco confiable. Y as&#237;. Eso tiende a afectar nuestra autopercepci&#243;n e identidad.</p><p>Entonces, &#191;por qu&#233; las personas con luchas como la m&#237;a (quiz&#225;s t&#250;, o alguien que conoces) se ven afectadas en esta &#225;rea?</p><p>Bueno, resulta que la priorizaci&#243;n misma es una funci&#243;n ejecutiva. El cerebro no simplemente sabe qu&#233; cosas son m&#225;s importantes que otras. Tiene que construir esa prioridad.</p><p>As&#237; que aunque el cerebro normalmente es bueno decidiendo qu&#233; es importante y actuando en consecuencia, la disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva puede dificultar que actuemos sobre las tareas que consideramos importantes. El cerebro puede seguir siendo capaz de determinar qu&#233; tarea es m&#225;s importante, pero el entorno termina decidiendo qu&#233; recibe nuestra atenci&#243;n y qu&#233; no.</p><p>Una de las cosas que aprend&#237; es que la <em>corteza prefrontal</em> (CPF), nuestra vieja amiga, juega un papel importante en mantener nuestras metas activas y ayudar a que nuestro comportamiento las siga. La memoria de trabajo apoya ese proceso. Pero uno de los efectos de la disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva puede ser que la memoria de trabajo no siempre funcione como se espera.</p><p>Hay estudios que muestran que la memoria de trabajo (que te ayuda a retener informaci&#243;n relevante en tiempo real) juega un papel en la priorizaci&#243;n. El control ejecutivo asigna m&#225;s de sus recursos limitados hacia informaci&#243;n de alta prioridad. Si no puedes mantener la meta activa en tiempo real, entonces es dif&#237;cil cumplirla. Esto tambi&#233;n puede verse afectado negativamente cuando otros elementos, como la inhibici&#243;n, el control atencional o el cambio de tareas, son m&#225;s d&#233;biles.</p><p>Como consecuencia, conocemos la prioridad, pero no actuamos sobre ella de forma confiable.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; &#191;Quieres entrenar esto de verdad, no solo leerlo?</strong></h4><p>Cada semana, dentro de <em>Discipline Circle</em>, publico un <em>Paid Companion</em> breve que puedes trabajar en 10 minutos en un d&#237;a lento, para que la idea se quede contigo cuando llegue un d&#237;a dif&#237;cil.</p><p>$9.99/mes.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">&#218;nete a la pr&#225;ctica &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>&#191;Qu&#233; podemos hacer al respecto?</h3><p>Bien, ahora sabemos qu&#233; sucede.</p><p>Bajo disfunci&#243;n ejecutiva, nuestra memoria de trabajo no siempre asigna los recursos que deber&#237;a para mantener presente lo que importa cuando tomamos acci&#243;n.</p><p>Suena terrible, pero en realidad no lo es. Simplemente es lo que es.</p><p>Una pregunta que me hago a veces es: <em>&#8220;&#191;Por qu&#233; mi cerebro a veces hace cosas raras?&#8221;</em> La verdahua pregunta, sin embargo, es <em>&#191;qu&#233; deber&#237;a hacer para apoyar a mi cerebro cuando hace cosas raras?</em></p><p>La idea de retornar significa aceptar la deriva como lo predeterminado. Tenderemos a ser arrastrados lejos de lo que importa en t&#233;rminos de nuestro comportamiento. Es inevitable. Somos humanos.</p><p>Que nuestros cerebros nos alejen de la coherencia es solo un canal a trav&#233;s del cual se manifiesta la deriva, as&#237; que nuestro foco no deber&#237;a estar en rechazar esta premisa, sino en abrazarla y trabajar alrededor de ella.</p><p>Trabajando como ingeniero de software, s&#233; que siempre habr&#225; condiciones que aparecen en los sistemas que construimos. Algunas de ellas son permanentes, y algunas son transitorias.</p><p>Por ejemplo, si tu sistema depende de otro servicio, y por alguna raz&#243;n ese servicio est&#225; temporalmente ca&#237;do, ese es un error transitorio. Cuando tu sistema recibe un input que no se supone que debe recibir, puede llevar a un error permanente.</p><p>De todas formas, necesitamos establecer qu&#233; sigue cuando cualquiera de los dos ocurre. Necesitamos decidir en qu&#233; estado deber&#237;a estar el sistema en este caso, qu&#233; herramientas ser&#225;n llamadas o usadas para desbloquear el sistema, y qu&#233; reglas deber&#237;an seguirse para recuperar el sistema si se queda atascado.</p><p>Lo mismo ocurre con nuestros cerebros.</p><p>A veces nuestra memoria de trabajo no funcionar&#225; como esperamos, o nuestro control ejecutivo no operar&#225; como usualmente lo hace. Entonces, en lugar de rechazar esta premisa, construimos alrededor de ella.</p><p>Construimos un sistema, uno que nos ayude a levantar ese peso cuando no podemos cargarlo.</p><p>En el caso de la priorizaci&#243;n, la mejor forma es construir un sistema que recuerde <em>por ti</em>.</p><p>Puedes lograrlo de tres formas: <em>adaptando tu entorno</em>, <em>usando o construyendo herramientas</em>, y <em>estableciendo reglas operativas</em>.</p><p>Al <em>adaptar tu entorno</em>, lo configuras para que sostenga la prioridad por ti y te mantenga responsable de ella. Por ejemplo:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Externaliza la prioridad.</strong> Pega una nota Post-it en alg&#250;n lugar visible para ayudarte a recordar qu&#233; es importante <em>ahora</em>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Reduce el n&#250;mero de opciones</strong> sobre qu&#233; hacer despu&#233;s. En lugar de elegir cada vez, toma una decisi&#243;n y hazla expl&#237;cita. Reevaluar prioridades cada vez consume capacidad ejecutiva, disminuyendo el control ejecutivo.</p></li><li><p><strong>Reduce tus distracciones</strong> para que no secuestren tu memoria de trabajo.</p></li></ul><p>Tambi&#233;n puedes <em>construir y usar herramientas</em>, que te ayudan a levantar algo del peso automatizando una tarea o sirviendo como una extensi&#243;n de apoyo para ayudarte a alcanzar tu meta. Por ejemplo, <strong>asignar bloques de tiempo</strong> le da a tus prioridades un l&#237;mite externo. Esto levanta el peso de preguntarse: &#8220;&#191;Estoy pasando demasiado tiempo en esta tarea?&#8221; Tambi&#233;n te ayuda a evitar pasar demasiado tiempo en una tarea que podr&#237;a no ser una prioridad <em>mientras est&#225;s en ella</em>.</p><p>Finalmente, cuando <em>establecemos reglas operativas</em>, levantamos el peso decisional que a veces nos bloquea de priorizar (o repriorizar) y movernos entre prioridades en consecuencia. Por ejemplo, puedes pre-decidir qu&#233; sucede cuando algo te interrumpe: <em>&#8220;Si llega un correo mientras estoy escribiendo, terminar&#233; el bloque antes de revisarlo.&#8221;</em> Esto te ayuda a reemplazar una decisi&#243;n que de otro modo tomar&#237;as en el momento con una regla que hiciste antes.</p><p>He implementado muchos de estos recursos sin saberlo, y puedo decir que funcionan. Pero toma tiempo, mucha paciencia y mucha compasi&#243;n. No ser&#225; f&#225;cil, y toma algo de fracaso y experimentaci&#243;n aprender y crecer.</p><p>En nuestro pr&#243;ximo compa&#241;ero de pago, exploraremos algunas pr&#225;cticas que pueden ayudarnos a priorizar cuando nuestras funciones ejecutivas est&#225;n bajas.</p><p>Mientras tanto, piensa en estos recursos e intenta implementar un sistema rudimentario que pueda ayudarte a priorizar en consecuencia. Si&#233;ntete libre de hacer preguntas en nuestros comentarios o v&#237;a DM. Estar&#233; m&#225;s que feliz de ayudar.</p><p><strong>&#161;Espero que tengas una semana maravillosa!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024; Ideas que Vale la Pena Explorar</strong></h3><p>Si esta pieza reson&#243;, aqu&#237; hay un par m&#225;s que van de la mano.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;c4496957-e144-4dff-bbb0-e2f0535c89d1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Este es un compa&#241;ero de pago para Por Qu&#233; Bajar el Ritmo Puede Ayudarte a Evitar el Burnout&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Entrenar la Capacidad Cognitiva Antes de Que el Sistema Colapse&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. 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Disciplined&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Training the Return: Building Reflex-Level Recovery from Drift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three katas to make returning to coherence faster, clearer, and automatic when drift pulls you off course]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/training-the-return-building-reflex</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/training-the-return-building-reflex</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:03:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>This is a paid companion for <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/drift-is-inevitable-discipline-means">Drift Is Inevitable: Discipline Means Learning to Return</a></strong></em></p></div><h3>&#129517; The Struggle</h3><p>You know you&#8217;ve drifted. The bedroom got messy three days ago. The inbox hit 200 unread. You skipped the morning routine twice, then five times. You told yourself you&#8217;d get back to it tomorrow, and tomorrow turned into next week. Now the gap feels too wide. The thought of cleaning it up exhausts you before you even start.</p><p>Drift doesn&#8217;t announce itself. It accumulates. One missed rep becomes a pattern. One skipped day becomes a week of avoidance. The longer you wait, the heavier the return feels. You&#8217;re not stuck because you lack willpower. You&#8217;re stuck because you haven&#8217;t trained the return.</p><p>The problem isn&#8217;t the drift. The problem is that you treat returning like a decision you make once, instead of a skill you practice every day. You need the return to be automatic. You need it to cost less. You need it to happen before the gap gets wide.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/the-return-loop?utm_source=paid_companion">The Return Loop</a> &#8212; How the return works and why speed matters</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; What You&#8217;re Training</h3><p>You are training reflex-level recovery. That means you can notice drift early, close the gap fast, and return without drama or delay.</p><p>In our latest reflection (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/drift-is-inevitable-discipline-means">Drift Is Inevitable: Discipline Means Learning to Return</a>), we named drift as the default and the return as the skill. The katas below give you that skill. They train three capacities: noticing when you&#8217;ve drifted, resetting your system to neutral, and taking one action that closes the gap. Each kata takes less than two minutes. Practice them on easy days so they run automatically when drift pulls hard.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a second benefit: repetition builds evidence. Every time you run a kata, you prove to yourself that the return is possible. You stop treating drift like failure and start treating it like data. The sequence stacks these katas so you have a map when it matters.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/core-concepts/comeback-speed?utm_source=paid_companion">Comeback Speed</a> &#8212; Why faster returns compound over time</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; The Katas</h3><p>Katas are short, named practices. Each one takes 30&#8211;120 seconds. Practice them on easy days so they&#8217;re automatic when stress hits.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; The Drift Marker</h4><p>This kata trains awareness. Use it when you notice yourself avoiding something you said you&#8217;d do. You will name the drift without judgment or story.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrenando el Retorno: Construir Recuperación a Nivel de Reflejo desde el Drift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tres katas para hacer que volver a la coherencia sea m&#225;s r&#225;pido, claro y autom&#225;tico cuando el drift te saca de curso]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/entrenando-el-retorno-construir-recuperacion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/entrenando-el-retorno-construir-recuperacion</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:02:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c5e0a73f-e3c1-4c80-9d4c-a8313730b88d_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KGQP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KGQP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KGQP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KGQP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KGQP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KGQP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp" width="1456" height="332" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:332,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:16844,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/213965453?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KGQP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KGQP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KGQP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KGQP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a22db06-e9fc-4c22-8071-1bb46811b64e_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>Este es un compa&#241;ero de pago para <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/la-deriva-es-inevitable-la-disciplina">La deriva es inevitable: la disciplina consiste en aprender a regresar</a></strong></em></p></div><h3>&#129517; La Lucha</h3><p>Sabes que has derivado (sentido el pull del drift). La habitaci&#243;n qued&#243; desordenada hace tres d&#237;as. La bandeja de entrada lleg&#243; a 200 mensajes sin leer. Te saltaste la rutina matutina dos veces, luego cinco. Te dijiste que volver&#237;as ma&#241;ana, y ma&#241;ana se convirti&#243; en la pr&#243;xima semana. Ahora la brecha se siente demasiado amplia. Solo pensar en arreglarlo te agota antes siquiera de empezar.</p><p>El drift no se anuncia. Se acumula. Una repetici&#243;n perdida se convierte en patr&#243;n. Un d&#237;a saltado se convierte en una semana de evasi&#243;n. Mientras m&#225;s esperas, m&#225;s pesado se siente el retorno. No est&#225;s atascado porque te falte fuerza de voluntad. Est&#225;s atascado porque no has entrenado el retorno.</p><p>El problema no es el drift. El problema es que tratas el retorno como una decisi&#243;n que tomas una vez, en lugar de una habilidad que practicas cada d&#237;a. Necesitas que el retorno sea autom&#225;tico. Necesitas que cueste menos. Necesitas que ocurra antes de que la brecha se ensanche.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/the-return-loop?utm_source=paid_companion">El Ciclo de Retorno</a> &#8212; C&#243;mo funciona el retorno y por qu&#233; importa la velocidad</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; Lo Que Est&#225;s Entrenando</h3><p>Est&#225;s entrenando recuperaci&#243;n a nivel de reflejo. Eso significa que puedes notar el drift temprano, cerrar la brecha r&#225;pido y volver sin drama ni demora.</p><p>En nuestra &#250;ltima reflexi&#243;n (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/la-deriva-es-inevitable-la-disciplina">La deriva es inevitable: la disciplina consiste en aprender a regresar</a>), nombramos drift como lo predeterminado y el retorno como la habilidad. Los katas que siguen te dan esa habilidad. Entrenan tres capacidades: notar cu&#225;ndo has derivado, reiniciar tu sistema a neutro y tomar una acci&#243;n que cierra la brecha. Cada kata toma menos de dos minutos. Pract&#237;calos en d&#237;as f&#225;ciles para que corran autom&#225;ticamente cuando el drift tire fuerte.</p><p>Tambi&#233;n hay un segundo beneficio: la repetici&#243;n construye evidencia. Cada vez que ejecutas un kata, te demuestras a ti mismo que el retorno es posible. Dejas de tratar el drift como fracaso y empiezas a tratarlo como datos. La secuencia apila estos katas para que tengas un mapa cuando importa.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/core-concepts/comeback-speed?utm_source=paid_companion">Velocidad de Retorno</a> &#8212; Por qu&#233; los retornos m&#225;s r&#225;pidos se componen con el tiempo</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; Los Katas</h3><p>Los katas son pr&#225;cticas cortas con nombre. Cada uno toma 30 a 120 segundos. Pract&#237;calos en d&#237;as f&#225;ciles para que sean autom&#225;ticos cuando llegue el estr&#233;s.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; El Marcador de Drift</h4><p>Este kata entrena la consciencia. &#218;salo cuando notes que est&#225;s evitando algo que dijiste que har&#237;as. Nombrar&#225;s el drift sin juicio ni historia.</p>
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I&#8217;ve been trying to get back to editing my book, which is still in the works &#8212; sorry about that. I&#8217;m working on it and will keep you posted!</p><p>Most recently, I&#8217;ve been working on merging my technical background with the ideas I&#8217;ve been spreading through <em>Self Disciplined</em> to build <em><a href="https://cizambra.github.io/kyno">Kyno</a></em>: infrastructure to help multi-agent systems follow the same direction based on a mission and principles, enabling bottom-up agency and principled judgment on a per-agent basis.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free weekly reflections for sustainable discipline.</strong><br><span>Straight to your inbox.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>This adds to the ecosystem I&#8217;ve been trying to build:</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/">Adaptable Discipline</a> for individuals.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.adaptable-organizations.com/">Adaptable Organizations</a> for organizations.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://cizambra.github.io/kyno">Kyno</a> for AI agents.</p></li></ul><p>If you are interested in any of these, please take a look, and feel free to ask any questions. If you want to integrate Kyno into your systems, you can email me at <a href="mailto:camilo@cizambra.com">camilo@cizambra.com</a>.</p><p>All of this has been built around the same idea:</p><blockquote><p><em>Drift is the default. The return is the skill.</em></p></blockquote><p>We&#8217;ve had multiple subscribers join us in the last month, so please let me welcome you all &#127881;. I hope you stay with us for a long time, and that the content this newsletter brings helps you and the ones you love. Please don&#8217;t be a stranger &#8212; say hi in the comments or via DM.</p><p>As you can see, the topics vary, but they all surround the same idea:</p><blockquote><p><em>What do we do when drift exerts its pull?</em></p></blockquote><p>So what do we do when that happens?</p><h3><strong>Nobody is exempt from drifting</strong></h3><p>And I will be categorical here: nobody is exempt from drifting.</p><p>Drift can be thought of as the behavioral cousin of entropy. It&#8217;s the force that tries to pull us away from what we deem coherent. This happens when we act against our principles or when we optimize for things we don&#8217;t really value.</p><p>I said nobody is exempt from drifting because life is not linear. If it were, life would be really plain, and nobody would have issues achieving their goals. Which, if you think about it, sounds good at first, but&#8230;what would life be without challenges?</p><p>I remember playing World of Warcraft &#8212; a very popular MMORPG until a couple of years ago &#8212; and once I reached a point where I had completed the maximum level, I just didn&#8217;t find anything really entertaining to do there, so I quit playing. A connoisseur of the game could say, &#8220;But what about the raids?&#8221; and whatnot, but that wasn&#8217;t really my jam. My jam was to complete quests, solve problems, overcome obstacles, and get rewarded for that.</p><p>I think, to some degree, we all want that. But that comes with the short-term cost of the downs in life. The obstacles. Our own behavior getting in the way because of the pull of drift.</p><p>And it&#8217;s okay. I think once we make peace with the fact that drift is always going to be there, it&#8217;s easier to understand and bear.</p><h3><strong>But we need to keep it at bay</strong></h3><p>While it&#8217;s okay to understand and accept that drift is going to be around, and that this is normal, we also need to understand that drift <em>needs</em> to be managed. Otherwise, it can become the dominant force in our lives.</p><p>Think of this as the following situation: imagine your bedroom. In order to keep it clean and clutter-free, you need to put some effort into it. If you don&#8217;t, it&#8217;s fine for a couple of days, but in the process, it starts getting cluttered. At some point, if you don&#8217;t take care of it, the temptation becomes strong, and the chances are that the mere thought of cleaning up will feel like a hassle. You will just leave it for later, which will make the problem worse.</p><p>The same happens with drift. In order to keep coherence in your life, you need to return to coherence, but that takes effort and comes at a cost.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; Want to actually train this, not just read it?</strong></h4><p><span>Each week inside </span><em>Discipline Circle</em><span>, I publish a short </span><em>Paid Companion</em><span> you can work through in 10 minutes on a slow day, so the idea sticks when a hard day hits.</span></p><p>$9.99/month.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">Join the Discipline Circle &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3><strong>This is where discipline comes in</strong></h3><p>If you ask around, discipline is understood in different ways: being systematic, organized, having strong willpower, being resilient, meticulous, and so on.</p><p>The thing with that is that, by treating it as a trait, <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/discipline-is-not-a-virtue">discipline can quickly become moralized</a>. This has a consequence: because drift is inevitable, when it happens, it tends to mess with our identity, and in many cases, it makes us feel like there is something wrong with us.</p><p>Discipline is not a trait; it&#8217;s a practice. The practice of returning over and over to coherence. It&#8217;s the constant effort we put into cleaning up our room every time it gets messy.</p><p>Returning is the skill we need to learn: how to do it quickly and how to build the conditions that favor its practice.</p><p><a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/">Adaptable Discipline</a> is the framework I built to help you engineer the conditions to practice discipline and return faster each time.</p><p>You won&#8217;t be able to eliminate drift, but it will give you a better chance of managing it.</p><p>In our next paid companion, we will go through some exercises that will help us train our return skill, so we have them handy during our practice and can make returning a reflex when drift exerts its pull.</p><p>For now, take a look at the guides, see if they can help you, and if you have any questions, don&#8217;t hesitate to ask.</p><p><strong>I hope you have a wonderful week!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024;Ideas Worth Exploring</strong></h3><p>If this piece resonated, here are a few more that go hand-in-hand.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;171bffc5-eba4-41de-88e4-8d95948ad612&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This is a paid companion for The Hardest Part of Discipline Is Coming Back&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Return Is the Skill&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>El newsletter de esta semana ser&#225; bastante breve.</p><p>He estado ocupado trabajando en distintas cosas. He intentado volver a editar mi libro, que sigue en proceso (disculpas por eso). Estoy trabajando en &#233;l y los mantendr&#233; al tanto.</p><p>M&#225;s recientemente, he estado trabajando en fusionar mi formaci&#243;n t&#233;cnica con las ideas que he difundido a trav&#233;s de <em>Self Disciplined</em> para construir <em><a href="https://cizambra.github.io/kyno">Kyno</a></em>: una infraestructura que ayuda a sistemas multiagente a seguir la misma direcci&#243;n bas&#225;ndose en una misi&#243;n y principios, permitiendo agencia de abajo hacia arriba y juicio basado en principios para cada agente.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reflexiones semanales gratuitas para una disciplina sostenible</strong><span>.</span><br><span>Directas a tu bandeja de entrada.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Esto se suma al ecosistema que he intentado construir:</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/">Adaptable Discipline</a> para individuos.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.adaptable-organizations.com/">Adaptable Organizations</a> para organizaciones.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://cizambra.github.io/kyno">Kyno</a> para agentes de IA.</p></li></ul><p>Si te interesa alguno de estos, por favor &#233;chales un vistazo y no dudes en hacer preguntas. Si quieres integrar Kyno en tus sistemas, puedes escribirme a <a href="mailto:camilo@cizambra.com">camilo@cizambra.com</a>.</p><p>Todo esto se ha construido en torno a la misma idea:</p><blockquote><p>La deriva es la opci&#243;n por defecto. El retorno es la habilidad.</p></blockquote><p>Hemos tenido varios suscriptores que se han unido en el &#250;ltimo mes, as&#237; que perm&#237;tanme darles la bienvenida a todos &#127881;. Espero que se queden con nosotros por mucho tiempo y que el contenido que trae este newsletter los ayude a ustedes y a quienes aman. Por favor, no sean extra&#241;os: saluden en los comentarios o por mensaje directo.</p><p>Como pueden ver, los temas var&#237;an, pero todos giran en torno a la misma idea:</p><blockquote><p>&#191;Qu&#233; hacemos cuando la deriva ejerce su atracci&#243;n?</p></blockquote><p>Entonces, &#191;qu&#233; hacemos cuando eso sucede?</p><h3>Nadie est&#225; exento de la deriva</h3><p>Y voy a ser categ&#243;rico aqu&#237;: nadie est&#225; exento de la deriva.</p><p>La deriva puede entenderse como la prima conductual de la entrop&#237;a. Es la fuerza que intenta alejarnos de lo que consideramos coherente. Esto ocurre cuando actuamos en contra de nuestros principios o cuando optimizamos para cosas que en realidad no valoramos.</p><p>Dije que nadie est&#225; exento de la deriva porque la vida no es lineal. Si lo fuera, la vida ser&#237;a bastante plana y nadie tendr&#237;a problemas para alcanzar sus objetivos. Lo cual, si lo piensas, suena bien al principio, pero... &#191;qu&#233; ser&#237;a la vida sin desaf&#237;os?</p><p>Recuerdo que jugaba World of Warcraft (un MMORPG muy popular hasta hace un par de a&#241;os) y una vez que llegu&#233; al punto donde hab&#237;a completado el nivel m&#225;ximo, simplemente no encontr&#233; nada que me resultara entretenido hacer ah&#237;, as&#237; que dej&#233; de jugar. Un conocedor del juego podr&#237;a decir: &#8220;&#191;Pero qu&#233; hay de las incursiones?&#8221; y todo eso, pero eso no era realmente lo m&#237;o. Lo m&#237;o era completar misiones, resolver problemas, superar obst&#225;culos y recibir recompensas por ello.</p><p>Creo que, hasta cierto punto, todos queremos eso. Pero eso viene con el costo a corto plazo de los bajones de la vida. Los obst&#225;culos. Nuestro propio comportamiento interponi&#233;ndose en el camino debido a la atracci&#243;n de la deriva.</p><p>Y est&#225; bien. Creo que una vez que hacemos las paces con el hecho de que la deriva siempre va a estar ah&#237;, es m&#225;s f&#225;cil entenderlo y sobrellevarlo.</p><h3>Pero necesitamos mantenerla a raya</h3><p>Si bien est&#225; bien entender y aceptar que la deriva va a estar presente, y que esto es normal, tambi&#233;n necesitamos entender que la deriva <em>necesita</em> ser gestionada. De lo contrario, puede convertirse en la fuerza dominante en nuestras vidas.</p><p>Piensa en esto como la siguiente situaci&#243;n: imagina tu dormitorio. Para mantenerlo limpio y ordenado, necesitas poner algo de esfuerzo. Si no lo haces, est&#225; bien por un par de d&#237;as, pero en el proceso comienza a desordenarse. En alg&#250;n momento, si no te ocupas de ello, la tentaci&#243;n se vuelve fuerte y es probable que el mero pensamiento de limpiarlo se sienta como una molestia. Simplemente lo dejar&#225;s para despu&#233;s, lo que empeorar&#225; el problema.</p><p>Lo mismo ocurre con la deriva. 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&#191;Quieres entrenar esto de verdad, no solo leerlo?</strong></h4><p><span>Cada semana, dentro de </span><em>Discipline Circle</em><span>, publico un </span><em>Paid Companion</em><span> breve que puedes trabajar en 10 minutos en un d&#237;a lento, para que la idea se quede contigo cuando llegue un d&#237;a dif&#237;cil.</span></p><p>$9.99/mes.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">&#218;nete a la pr&#225;ctica &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>Aqu&#237; es donde entra la disciplina</h3><p>Si preguntas por ah&#237;, la disciplina se entiende de distintas formas: ser sistem&#225;tico, organizado, tener fuerza de voluntad s&#243;lida, ser resiliente, meticuloso, etc&#233;tera.</p><p>El problema con eso es que, al tratarla como un rasgo, <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/es/p/discipline-is-not-a-virtue">la disciplina puede r&#225;pidamente moralizarse</a>. Esto tiene una consecuencia: como la deriva es inevitable, cuando ocurre, tiende a afectar nuestra identidad y, en muchos casos, nos hace sentir que algo est&#225; mal con nosotros.</p><p>La disciplina no es un rasgo, es una pr&#225;ctica. La pr&#225;ctica de regresar una y otra vez a la coherencia. Es el esfuerzo constante que ponemos en limpiar nuestro cuarto cada vez que se desordena.</p><p>Regresar es la habilidad que necesitamos aprender: c&#243;mo hacerlo r&#225;pidamente y c&#243;mo construir las condiciones que favorecen su pr&#225;ctica.</p><p><a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/">Adaptable Discipline</a> es el marco que constru&#237; para ayudarte a dise&#241;ar las condiciones para practicar la disciplina y regresar m&#225;s r&#225;pido cada vez.</p><p>No podr&#225;s eliminar la deriva, pero te dar&#225; mejores posibilidades de gestionarla.</p><p>En nuestro pr&#243;ximo compa&#241;ero de pago, repasaremos algunos ejercicios que nos ayudar&#225;n a entrenar nuestra habilidad de retorno, para tenerlos a mano durante nuestra pr&#225;ctica y poder hacer del retorno un reflejo cuando la deriva ejerza su atracci&#243;n.</p><p>Por ahora, echa un vistazo a las gu&#237;as, mira si pueden ayudarte y, si tienes alguna pregunta, no dudes en preguntar.</p><p><strong>&#161;Espero que tengas una semana maravillosa!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024; Ideas que Vale la Pena Explorar</strong></h3><p>Si esta pieza reson&#243;, aqu&#237; hay un par m&#225;s que van de la mano.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;97aa3b18-e18d-447b-9b12-7f8a34d8657c&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Este es un compa&#241;ero de pago para La Parte M&#225;s Dif&#237;cil de la Disciplina Es Volver&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;El Regreso Es la Habilidad&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. 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You Need a Constitution.</a></strong></em></p></div><h3><strong>&#129517; The Struggle</strong></h3><p>You know what matters. You can list your priorities. But when stress hits, you still make the decision that feels urgent instead of aligned. You skip the workout even though health matters. You scroll instead of calling your partner. You say yes to the project that doesn&#8217;t fit your direction because saying no feels harder in the moment.</p><p>The gap isn&#8217;t knowledge. You know what you value. The gap is cost. When you&#8217;re tired or overwhelmed, making the aligned choice requires deliberation. You have to think through why it matters, weigh the options, talk yourself into it. By the time you decide, the moment has passed or you&#8217;re too depleted to act.</p><p>What you need isn&#8217;t more willpower. You need a decision-making system that lowers the cost of choosing what aligns. Something you can reference in two seconds that reminds you what direction you&#8217;re moving and which principle applies right now.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/core-principles?utm_source=paid_companion">Core Principles</a> &#8212; The foundational ideas that make alignment sustainable</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#127919; What You&#8217;re Training</strong></h3><p>You are training constitutional decision-making. That means using a written set of principles to guide action when drift is pulling you off course.</p><p>In our latest reflection (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/you-dont-need-more-willpower-you">You Don&#8217;t Need More Willpower. You Need a Constitution.</a>), we named the structure: mission, principles, declaration. The Katas below train you to use that structure under load. They make referencing your constitution automatic so you don&#8217;t have to deliberate from scratch when capacity is low. Each kata takes 30&#8211;120 seconds. Practice them when things are calm so they run without friction when stress arrives.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a second benefit: repetition builds trust in your own judgment. When you reference your principles consistently, you stop second-guessing. You know what you value and you act from that knowledge instead of reacting to whatever feels loudest.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/core-concepts/self-governance?utm_source=paid_companion">Self-Governance</a> &#8212; How autonomy is built through systems, not willpower</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#9889; The Katas</strong></h3><p>Katas are short, named practices. Each one takes 30&#8211;120 seconds. Practice them on easy days so they&#8217;re automatic when stress hits.</p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>1&#65039;&#8419; The Principle Check</strong></h4><p>This kata trains directional filtering. Use it when you&#8217;re about to make a decision and feel tension between what&#8217;s urgent and what&#8217;s aligned. You will discover which option serves your direction without extended deliberation.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Construye Tu Constitución Personal: Tres Katas para la Acción Alineada]]></title><description><![CDATA[C&#243;mo practicar la toma de decisiones constitucional para que volver a tu direcci&#243;n se vuelva autom&#225;tico]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/construye-tu-constitucion-personal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/construye-tu-constitucion-personal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:01:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/595ff10c-2f8a-4d0e-8fc4-e3497090bbb2_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EFQh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EFQh!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EFQh!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EFQh!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EFQh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EFQh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp" width="1456" height="332" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:332,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:16844,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/212952397?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EFQh!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EFQh!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EFQh!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EFQh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8894c248-59be-4942-adf1-59f7dee5243e_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>Este es un compa&#241;ero de pago para <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/no-necesitas-mas-fuerza-de-voluntad">No Necesitas M&#225;s Fuerza de Voluntad. Necesitas una Constituci&#243;n.</a></strong></em></p></div><h3><strong>&#129517; La Lucha</strong></h3><p>Sabes qu&#233; importa. Puedes enumerar tus prioridades. Pero cuando llega el estr&#233;s, igual tomas la decisi&#243;n que se siente urgente en lugar de la alineada. Te saltas el ejercicio aunque la salud importe. Revisas el celular en lugar de llamar a tu pareja. Dices que s&#237; al proyecto que no calza con tu direcci&#243;n porque decir que no se siente m&#225;s dif&#237;cil en el momento.</p><p>La brecha no es el conocimiento. Sabes qu&#233; valoras. La brecha es el costo. Cuando est&#225;s cansado o sobrepasado, hacer la elecci&#243;n alineada requiere deliberaci&#243;n. Tienes que pensar por qu&#233; importa, sopesar las opciones, convencerte a ti mismo. Para cuando decides, el momento ya pas&#243; o est&#225;s demasiado agotado para actuar.</p><p>Lo que necesitas no es m&#225;s fuerza de voluntad. Necesitas un sistema de toma de decisiones que reduzca el costo de elegir lo que se alinea. Algo que puedas consultar en dos segundos y que te recuerde qu&#233; direcci&#243;n llevas y qu&#233; principio aplica ahora mismo.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/core-principles?utm_source=paid_companion">Principios Fundamentales</a> &#8212; Las ideas fundacionales que hacen sostenible la alineaci&#243;n</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#127919; Lo Que Est&#225;s Entrenando</strong></h3><p>Est&#225;s entrenando la toma de decisiones constitucional. Eso significa usar un conjunto escrito de principios para guiar la acci&#243;n cuando la deriva te est&#225; sacando de curso.</p><p>En nuestra &#250;ltima reflexi&#243;n (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/no-necesitas-mas-fuerza-de-voluntad">No Necesitas M&#225;s Fuerza de Voluntad. Necesitas una Constituci&#243;n.</a>), nombramos la estructura: misi&#243;n, principios, declaraci&#243;n. Los katas de abajo te entrenan para usar esa estructura bajo presi&#243;n. Hacen que consultar tu constituci&#243;n sea autom&#225;tico, de modo que no tengas que deliberar desde cero cuando la capacidad es baja. Cada kata toma entre 30 y 120 segundos. Pract&#237;calos cuando las cosas est&#233;n tranquilas para que funcionen sin fricci&#243;n cuando llegue el estr&#233;s.</p><p>Tambi&#233;n hay un segundo beneficio: la repetici&#243;n construye confianza en tu propio juicio. Cuando consultas tus principios de forma consistente, dejas de dudar. Sabes qu&#233; valoras y act&#250;as desde ese conocimiento en lugar de reaccionar a lo que se siente m&#225;s ruidoso.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/core-concepts/self-governance?utm_source=paid_companion">Autogobierno</a> &#8212; C&#243;mo se construye la autonom&#237;a a trav&#233;s de sistemas, no de fuerza de voluntad</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#9889; Los Katas</strong></h3><p>Los katas son pr&#225;cticas cortas y con nombre. Cada uno toma entre 30 y 120 segundos. Pract&#237;calos en d&#237;as f&#225;ciles para que sean autom&#225;ticos cuando llegue el estr&#233;s.</p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>1&#65039;&#8419; La Verificaci&#243;n de Principios</strong></h4><p>Este kata entrena el filtrado direccional. &#218;salo cuando est&#233;s a punto de tomar una decisi&#243;n y sientas tensi&#243;n entre lo que es urgente y lo que est&#225; alineado. Descubrir&#225;s qu&#233; opci&#243;n sirve a tu direcci&#243;n sin una deliberaci&#243;n extensa.</p>
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Esta semana quiero hablar de algo un poco distinto. Es algo en lo que he estado pensando harto &#250;ltimamente, porque conecta con un conjunto de ideas que vengo madurando hace tiempo y que materialic&#233; en mi charla TEDx. No s&#233; si la recuerdas. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUsGihSKL2k&amp;pp=ygUZdGVkeCB0YWxrIGNhbWlsbyB6YW1icmFubw%3D%3D">Aqu&#237; est&#225; el enlace</a> por si quieres verla. La esencia es que si queremos ser agentes de cambio, el cambio tiene que empezar con nosotros.</p><p>Creo en lo que llamo <em>agencia de abajo hacia arriba</em>, la capacidad de autogobernarnos y tomar acciones alineadas en cualquier nivel sist&#233;mico, compatible con la <em>gobernanza de arriba hacia abajo</em> en los sistemas.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reflexiones semanales gratuitas para una disciplina sostenible</strong><span>.</span><br><span>Directas a tu bandeja de entrada.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><em>&#191;Qu&#233; quiero decir con esto?</em></p><p>Quiero decir que para coexistir con otros, tenemos que seguir las reglas que como sociedad hemos establecido. Somos seres gregarios, as&#237; que est&#225; en nuestro mejor inter&#233;s seguirlas y, por supuesto, cuando corresponda, abogar por un cambio cuando ya no tengan sentido.</p><p>Pero las reglas no son suficientes. Estas reglas son parte de la gobernanza de arriba hacia abajo que mencion&#233; antes. Las reglas vienen desde arriba y act&#250;an como el espacio dentro del cual podemos actuar. Ahora bien, la l&#237;nea est&#225; trazada, tenemos l&#237;mites y eso es fant&#225;stico, pero finalmente tenemos que desarrollar el criterio para tomar las decisiones correctas bas&#225;ndonos en nuestros objetivos. No necesariamente lo que todo el mundo fuera de nosotros dice que es correcto, sino lo que consideramos correcto para nosotros, por supuesto dentro de los l&#237;mites morales, &#233;ticos y legales.</p><p>Necesitamos <em>algo</em> que nos ayude a tomar esas decisiones. Algunos lo llamar&#237;an una br&#250;jula moral. Pero creo que va m&#225;s all&#225; de eso. Yo lo llamo una <em>constituci&#243;n</em>.</p><p>Entonces, de eso quiero hablar hoy. Sobre qu&#233; son las constituciones, <em>por qu&#233;</em> tener una constituci&#243;n (una constituci&#243;n personal) importa para volver y tomar mejores decisiones con facilidad, y c&#243;mo esto puede ser algo que podemos exportar a otros sistemas en los que estamos insertos, como nuestras familias, nuestros equipos, y c&#243;mo esto nos ayuda a tomar decisiones m&#225;s alineadas, como unirnos a los equipos adecuados, a las empresas adecuadas, construir la familia y las experiencias que se alinean con lo que queremos para nuestras vidas.</p><h3>Todo se arraiga en el prop&#243;sito</h3><p>Aqu&#237; en <em>Self Disciplined</em> hemos hablado bastante sobre el prop&#243;sito. De hecho, hay una serie completa que cre&#233; el a&#241;o pasado llamada <em>What Is Your Purpose?</em>. Ah&#237; discutimos la idea del prop&#243;sito desde un lado realista, a trav&#233;s de los ojos y la experiencia de otros autores que tuvieron la generosidad de compartir su tiempo con nosotros.</p><p>Una de las ideas que me quedaron despu&#233;s de que termin&#243; esta serie es que el prop&#243;sito viene en muchas formas, a veces m&#225;s sutiles que otras, pero independiente de eso, el prop&#243;sito es importante si queremos darle direcci&#243;n a nuestra vida y controlar el efecto de la deriva en nuestras vidas.</p><p>Tendemos a asumir que el prop&#243;sito tiene que ser una epifan&#237;a o algo grandioso, y con eso viene la suposici&#243;n subsecuente de que deber&#237;amos seguirlo sin importar qu&#233;, que deber&#237;amos empujarnos para dar vida a ese prop&#243;sito, y que la fuerza de voluntad es suficiente para hacerlo realidad: donde hay voluntad, hay un camino. En consecuencia, se crea un malentendido que nos lleva a pensar que el prop&#243;sito est&#225; acoplado a la motivaci&#243;n, y la motivaci&#243;n est&#225; acoplada a la disciplina.</p><p>La realidad es que la motivaci&#243;n disminuye, con o sin prop&#243;sito, y como la idea de la disciplina se ha distorsionado a trav&#233;s del tiempo, pensamos que tenemos que depender de la fuerza de voluntad para ser disciplinados.</p><p>Todo esto es <em>falso</em>. Hablar de prop&#243;sito no es hablar del <em>prop&#243;sito de nuestra vida</em>. Esa es una conversaci&#243;n distinta y m&#225;s profunda, y algo que est&#225; fuera del alcance de este art&#237;culo.</p><p>El prop&#243;sito, para este asunto, no es nada m&#225;s que la respuesta al <em>por qu&#233;</em> de la direcci&#243;n que est&#225;s tomando, en tu trabajo, en casa o en tus propias cosas. Esto significa que no necesitamos un solo prop&#243;sito, que depender&#225; del contexto que lo rodea, y que el prop&#243;sito no es algo que defines una vez y listo. Puede cambiar.</p><p>Y cuando eso ocurre, la direcci&#243;n prevista tambi&#233;n cambia.</p><h3>Alineando la direcci&#243;n</h3><p>No puedes ser objetivamente coherente si no tienes una direcci&#243;n. Para los efectos de este art&#237;culo, coherencia es la propiedad de alineaci&#243;n con una direcci&#243;n. La buena noticia es que usualmente siempre hay una raz&#243;n para por qu&#233; haces lo que haces, incluso si esa raz&#243;n no tiene sentido para otros. As&#237; que a nivel at&#243;mico, tus acciones t&#237;picamente coinciden con tu criterio en ese momento: <em>Hice Y por la raz&#243;n X</em>.</p><p>Estamos entrando en terreno filos&#243;fico aqu&#237;, pero vale la pena entender esto para comprender la necesidad de una constituci&#243;n. As&#237; que recapitular&#233; la idea hasta ahora:</p><ol><li><p>Actuamos por razones. Esos son nuestros porqu&#233;s. Ese es nuestro prop&#243;sito. Al menos para ese acto.</p></li><li><p>Cuando actuamos, la raz&#243;n puede o no ser razonable para otros. Pero como actuamos, significa que la raz&#243;n tuvo sentido para nosotros en el momento de la acci&#243;n, de lo contrario no lo habr&#237;amos hecho.</p></li></ol><p>&#191;Todo bien? Genial, porque seguiremos construyendo sobre esto.</p><p>Tendemos a ser <em>m&#225;s</em> coherentes cuando nuestras acciones en general comparten una direcci&#243;n similar, y tendemos a ser <em>menos coherentes</em> cuando nuestras acciones van en diferentes direcciones.</p><p>A largo plazo, como la deriva est&#225; siempre presente, la coherencia tiende a comportarse como una as&#237;ntota: podemos acercarnos a la coherencia, pero no podemos razonablemente alcanzarla del todo, y eso est&#225; bien. La raz&#243;n principal es que mantener la coherencia tiene un costo. Como hemos discutido en ediciones anteriores, la deriva es lo predeterminado, as&#237; que se expande sin dificultad. La coherencia, por otro lado, debe ser mantenida (tenemos que ser intencionales y nuestro porqu&#233; tiene que alinearse en la mayor&#237;a de las acciones que tomamos), y eso toma tiempo y esfuerzo. Como somos humanos y la vida sucede, estaremos sujetos a la deriva <em>en alg&#250;n momento</em> de nuestras vidas, y con la preparaci&#243;n adecuada podemos minimizar la deriva, pero no eliminarla por completo.</p><p>Como ves, intentar eliminar la deriva es in&#250;til. Hacer eso ser&#237;a como el mito de S&#237;sifo aplicado al comportamiento humano. No creo que haya humanos que sean cien por ciento coherentes todos los d&#237;as de sus vidas, y probablemente sea algo que nunca sabremos.</p><p>Aqu&#237; tenemos dos opciones: o nos dejamos llevar y dejamos que lo predeterminado tome las riendas, o jugamos con las cartas que tenemos. Ahora bien, la coherencia, como mencion&#233;, tiene un costo y pagarlo solo con fuerza de voluntad no es soportable ni sostenible. Lo que necesitamos son sistemas que puedan ayudarnos a levantar ese costo de mantenimiento, haciendo que la alineaci&#243;n sea m&#225;s barata con el tiempo.</p><p>Una constituci&#243;n es uno de esos sistemas.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; &#191;Quieres entrenar esto de verdad, no solo leerlo?</strong></h4><p><span>Cada semana, dentro de </span><em>Discipline Circle</em><span>, publico un </span><em>Paid Companion</em><span> breve que puedes trabajar en 10 minutos en un d&#237;a lento, para que la idea se quede contigo cuando llegue un d&#237;a dif&#237;cil.</span></p><p>$9.99/mes.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">&#218;nete a la pr&#225;ctica &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>Qu&#233; es una constituci&#243;n</h3><p>&#191;En qu&#233; piensas cuando se menciona la palabra constituci&#243;n?</p><p>Imagino que es el documento que tiene un pa&#237;s, que declara los fundamentos sobre los cuales opera ese pa&#237;s, y que es instrumental para dar forma a la identidad del estado-naci&#243;n.</p><p>Si vas a un diccionario, la <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constitution">definici&#243;n</a> no est&#225; muy lejos de eso:</p><blockquote><p><strong>a:</strong> los principios b&#225;sicos y las leyes de una naci&#243;n, estado o grupo social que determinan los poderes y deberes del gobierno y garantizan ciertos derechos a las personas en &#233;l<br><strong>b</strong> <em>a menudo</em> <strong>Constituci&#243;n:</strong> un instrumento escrito que encarna las reglas de una organizaci&#243;n pol&#237;tica o social<br><em>espec&#237;ficamente:</em> <strong>la Constituci&#243;n de los Estados Unidos</strong></p></blockquote><p>Entonces las constituciones son instrumentos que permiten a las organizaciones determinar los principios rectores y garant&#237;as bajo los cuales operan.</p><p>Las empresas y organizaciones gubernamentales t&#237;picamente tienen constituciones formales o informales que comparten su identidad, misi&#243;n y principios y valores rectores. Por ejemplo, Amazon usa sus <a href="https://www.amazon.jobs/content/en/our-workplace/leadership-principles">Principios de Liderazgo</a> para regir el negocio desde <em>abajo hacia arriba</em>: cada miembro de la compa&#241;&#237;a usa este conjunto de principios para tomar decisiones o para resolver tensiones al tomar una decisi&#243;n que afecta al negocio, y para operar dentro de los l&#237;mites de esa empresa en general. Anthropic tambi&#233;n comparte <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/constitution">su constituci&#243;n</a> con el p&#250;blico, como una forma de hacerse p&#250;blicamente responsables del car&#225;cter de Claude.<br>Estas constituciones permiten a estas organizaciones y sus miembros decidir, y guiar su criterio hacia una direcci&#243;n alineada.</p><p>Entonces, ancl&#225;ndonos en esto, si las empresas y organizaciones tienen constituciones que les ayudan a guiar el criterio y levantar el costo decisional de mantener la deriva a raya, <em>&#191;por qu&#233; no podr&#237;amos tener constituciones personales individuales?</em></p><p>Una constituci&#243;n personal no es diferente de una organizacional. Este tema <a href="https://blog.franklinplanner.com/what-is-a-personal-mission-statement-pg-142-151/">no es nuevo</a>. Me gusta pensar en una constituci&#243;n personal como un documento que contiene estos tres elementos:</p><ol><li><p>Una <strong>misi&#243;n</strong>: el objetivo &#250;ltimo que est&#225;s tratando de lograr. No necesita ser algo descabellado, puede ser algo simple y abstracto como <em>Quiero ser la mejor versi&#243;n de m&#237; mismo que pueda ser</em>.</p></li><li><p>Un conjunto de <strong>principios</strong>: estos son un conjunto de verdades fundamentales, leyes, directrices o creencias morales que nos ayudan a razonar y comportarnos al tomar decisiones y actuar. Por ejemplo, <em>Valoro el tiempo con mi familia</em>, o <em>Escuchar con intenci&#243;n importa</em>.</p></li><li><p>Una <strong>declaraci&#243;n personal</strong>: este es tu recordatorio de por qu&#233; est&#225;s haciendo esto. Tus valores, tus creencias y tus razones.</p></li></ol><p>Si lo piensas, en este caso, no es un conjunto de reglas. Es un conjunto de directrices. Lo que estamos tomando prestado de las constituciones legales es la idea de que este conjunto es un instrumento que ayuda a anclar la identidad y guiar el criterio en lugar de imponer comportamiento. Una forma de tomar decisiones m&#225;s r&#225;pido porque es un recordatorio constante de lo que es importante, y por qu&#233;. Un recordatorio de cu&#225;l es la direcci&#243;n, para que puedas mantenerte alineado. Tener esto hace que la coherencia sea alcanzable, y te ayuda a actuar con menos deliberaci&#243;n en momentos donde la deriva podr&#237;a jalarte.</p><p>As&#237; como el prop&#243;sito no es algo para siempre, tu constituci&#243;n no es un documento est&#225;tico. Es una instant&#225;nea de d&#243;nde est&#225;s ahora, y un reflejo de tu porqu&#233; y tu direcci&#243;n. As&#237; que es vital mantenerla actualizada, para que tus acciones se alineen con la direcci&#243;n m&#225;s actual.</p><p>Otro punto importante que me gustar&#237;a agregar aqu&#237; es que no es un requisito tener solo una constituci&#243;n. Puedes tener una para diferentes aspectos de tu vida; lo importante es que estas constituciones se alineen en la misma direcci&#243;n, y depende de ti mantenerlas actualizadas. Mi recomendaci&#243;n ser&#237;a no mantener demasiadas porque el costo escala con el n&#250;mero.</p><h3>&#191;C&#243;mo nos ayuda una constituci&#243;n a volver?</h3><p>Creo que a este punto ya tienes una respuesta, pero la dir&#233; en voz alta.</p><p>Cuando sabes cu&#225;l es tu direcci&#243;n, es m&#225;s f&#225;cil notar cuando est&#225;s fuera de curso. Y cuando sabes que est&#225;s fuera de curso, siempre es bueno tener un recordatorio de qu&#233; principios podemos seguir para volver.</p><p>Ahora bien, qu&#233; hacer no siempre es cristalino. A veces nuestros principios pueden entrar en conflicto cuando estamos en el proceso de volver, y ah&#237; es donde nuestra misi&#243;n (y buscar la opci&#243;n que sirva a la mayor&#237;a de los principios a la vez) ayuda. Por ejemplo, digamos que esta es mi constituci&#243;n, solo como ejemplo:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Misi&#243;n:</strong> <em>Quiero ser la mejor versi&#243;n de m&#237; mismo que pueda ser</em></p></li><li><p><strong>Principios (subconjunto):</strong></p><ul><li><p><em>Valoro el tiempo con mi familia</em>: Estar presente importa, no solo en presencia sino mentalmente, mi familia es lo m&#225;s importante en mi vida. Cada minuto con ellos importa, y cada momento tiene que ser vivido como si fuera el &#250;ltimo.</p></li><li><p><em>Escuchar con intenci&#243;n importa</em>: Me gusta que me escuchen, as&#237; que debo hacer lo mismo. Si alguien gasta su tiempo compartiendo algo conmigo, es porque es importante para ellos, as&#237; que debo dedicar el mismo tiempo escuchando activamente y participando en la conversaci&#243;n.</p></li><li><p><em>Cada fracaso es un aprendizaje</em>: Aprender est&#225; en mi ADN y nos volvemos viejos cuando dejamos de aprender. Valoro la autosuficiencia y la independencia. Adem&#225;s, siempre me gusta resolver un buen enigma. Si fallo no es el fin del mundo, es retroalimentaci&#243;n sobre c&#243;mo hacerlo bien la pr&#243;xima vez.</p></li><li><p><em>El reloj sigue avanzando</em>: No gastes <em>demasiado</em> tiempo pensando en los eventos. Buenos o malos, el reloj sigue avanzando, y tienes que seguir en el juego.</p></li><li><p><em>Ponte la m&#225;scara de ox&#237;geno primero</em>: No puedes ayudar a otros si no puedes ayudarte a ti mismo primero. Est&#225; dispuesto a ponerte la m&#225;scara de ox&#237;geno primero para que puedas ayudar a otros a ponerse las suyas.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Declaraci&#243;n:</strong> <em>...Esto es importante porque no puedo ser un buen modelo para mis hijos si no soy la mejor versi&#243;n de m&#237; mismo...</em></p></li></ul><p>Digamos que estoy bajo altos niveles de estr&#233;s y estoy derivando fuerte: irritable, menos conversador, cansado. Esta claramente no es la direcci&#243;n que quiero tomar. Me est&#225;n jalando fuera del camino que me lleva a ser mi mejor versi&#243;n.</p><p><em>&#191;C&#243;mo vuelvo al camino?</em></p><p>Hay una pl&#233;tora de opciones. Algunas ser&#225;n m&#225;s extremas que otras, pero solo para ilustrar repasemos un subconjunto:</p><ul><li><p>Podr&#237;a ir al gimnasio y entrenar, no es mi favorito, pero es efectivo.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a escribir en mi tiempo libre para liberar tensi&#243;n.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a dejar tiempo para meditar cada d&#237;a.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a cocinar para la familia, porque cocinar es relajante, al menos para m&#237;.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a tomar un buen vino para sentirme <em>&#8220;m&#225;s tranquilo&#8221;</em>, aunque me da sue&#241;o, as&#237; que tal vez <em>demasiado tranquilo</em>.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a ir al casino, me gusta jugar blackjack, soy bastante bueno en eso.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a ir de fiesta, despu&#233;s de todo, parece funcionar para algunas personas.</p></li></ul><p>Si aplicamos una primera ronda de verificaci&#243;n constitucional, un buen trozo se va de inmediato:</p><ul><li><p>Podr&#237;a tomar vino: esto se va porque no me dejar&#237;a pasar tiempo con mi familia apropiadamente y escuchar atentamente como quisiera. No quiero modelar que tienes que tomar alcohol para sentirte mejor o para volver a tu l&#237;nea base.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a ir al casino: no creo que esto sea algo que me gustar&#237;a modelar a mis hijos. Me gusta ir al casino y divertirme, no me malinterpretes, pero de nuevo, no modelar&#233; la idea de ir all&#237; cuando est&#233;s bajo estr&#233;s, o para liberar estr&#233;s.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a ir de fiesta: esto no es necesariamente malo (depende de c&#243;mo te guste ir de fiesta), pero asumiendo que ser&#237;a ir de fiesta hasta tarde no me dejar&#237;a en condiciones de pasar tiempo de calidad con mi familia y escuchar atentamente, y no creo que eso ayudar&#237;a encima del estr&#233;s.</p></li></ul><p>Revisemos las opciones restantes:</p><ul><li><p>Podr&#237;a ir al gimnasio y entrenar: esto se alinea fuertemente con <em>ponerte la m&#225;scara de ox&#237;geno primero</em>. No puedo ayudar a otros si no me ayudo a m&#237; primero. Pero esto potencialmente toma tiempo que puedo pasar con mi familia.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a escribir en mi tiempo libre para liberar tensi&#243;n: al igual que la opci&#243;n del gimnasio, esto se alinea con la misi&#243;n siempre y cuando no quite tiempo con mi familia.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a dejar tiempo para meditar cada d&#237;a: lo mismo que las dos opciones anteriores.</p></li><li><p>Podr&#237;a cocinar para la familia: esto abre la posibilidad de cocinar con la familia, y si no, al menos me deja servirles y compartir mi lenguaje de amor mientras al mismo tiempo paso tiempo juntos cenando, lo que abre las puertas para escuchar atentamente.</p></li></ul><p>Todas estas opciones son atractivas, pero la mayor&#237;a presenta la tensi&#243;n de &#8220;pasar tiempo con mi familia&#8221; versus &#8220;ponerte la m&#225;scara de ox&#237;geno primero&#8221;.<br>De todas estas opciones, la m&#225;s atractiva es la &#250;ltima, cocinar, principalmente porque satisface ambos principios que est&#225;n en tensi&#243;n en los escenarios anteriores.</p><p>Esta decisi&#243;n no excluye el hecho de que todav&#237;a podr&#237;a hacer el resto tambi&#233;n, pero cocinar, dado el escenario de ejemplo, es lo que se siente como el siguiente paso m&#225;s coherente, porque se alinea con lo que me importa y la direcci&#243;n que estoy tratando de tomar, lo que significa que al hacer esto estar&#237;a comenzando el retorno a mi l&#237;nea base.</p><p>Entonces, una vez que practicas la disciplina y usas una constituci&#243;n como apoyo, te dar&#225;s cuenta de que las cosas a tu alrededor empiezan a cambiar. Te est&#225;s convirtiendo en un <em>agente de cambio</em>.</p><h3>Convirti&#233;ndote en un agente de cambio</h3><p>Cuando empiezas a moverte siguiendo una direcci&#243;n, algo sucede. La gente a tu alrededor empieza a notarlo, te vuelves m&#225;s coherente, por lo tanto te vuelves m&#225;s completo y s&#243;lido. Dejas de solo aceptar lo que venga, y haces las cosas intencionalmente, alineado con la direcci&#243;n que quieres tomar. Te vuelves m&#225;s confiable. Puedes fallar a veces, pero est&#225; bien, porque sabes que tienes una estrella del norte que puede ayudarte a volver al camino.</p><p>Luego te das cuenta de que no est&#225;s solo, y a veces las instituciones de las que somos parte pueden o no tener una direcci&#243;n clara. Dependiendo de tu nivel de involucramiento e inter&#233;s en permanecer parte de ese grupo, te das cuenta de que depende de ti (y del resto de los miembros de la instituci&#243;n) influir esa direcci&#243;n, reevaluar tu propia direcci&#243;n bas&#225;ndote en la direcci&#243;n de la instituci&#243;n, o simplemente determinar si todav&#237;a quieres ser parte de ese grupo. Las reglas ayudan, pero sin que todos colaboren (ya sea ayudando a dirigir, aline&#225;ndose con la instituci&#243;n o simplemente y&#233;ndose), no puede haber cambio real.</p><p>Esto aplica a cualquier tipo de instituci&#243;n o grupo social. El m&#225;s cercano ser&#237;a <em>tu familia</em>.</p><p>Mi esposa y yo hemos estado hablando sobre algunas ideas para hacer que nuestros hijos <em>se sientan parte de la familia</em> mientras crecen, y pensamos en algunas de las tradiciones que queremos seguir como familia, y la idea de familia que queremos traer a nuestros hijos. Eso es parte de una declaraci&#243;n informal de <em>qui&#233;nes queremos ser como unidad</em>. As&#237; como eso, hay principios que compartimos con nuestros hijos que esperamos les ayuden a crecer como miembros productivos de la sociedad y adultos futuros con los que queremos estar. Por ejemplo, hay un principio que me gusta compartir con ellos en tiempos de tensi&#243;n: <em>no gritamos ni nos ponemos violentos entre nosotros</em>. Simple como eso. Cuando hay conflicto entre mis dos peque&#241;os y escucho a uno de ellos gritar, intervengo para dejar claro que, aunque sentirse frustrado est&#225; bien, siempre podemos tomar un mejor enfoque.</p><p>Mi esperanza es que, a medida que crecen, mantengan estos principios con ellos cuando las cosas est&#233;n en juego.</p><p>No necesitas tener esto escrito en alg&#250;n lugar, aunque es ideal. Lo importante es que hagas estos principios visibles y parte de tu rutina, para que tus hijos se conviertan en parte del cambio ellos mismos.</p><p>Algunos d&#237;as ser&#225;n m&#225;s dif&#237;ciles, eso es seguro, pero seguir estos principios tambi&#233;n te ayudar&#225; a convertirte en una persona de integridad dentro del grupo que est&#225;s construyendo, mejorando el v&#237;nculo y la confianza con los otros miembros de este.</p><h3>&#191;Qu&#233; hacer ahora?</h3><p>Ahora que conoces la estructura de una constituci&#243;n, y c&#243;mo puedes construirlas a trav&#233;s de diferentes organizaciones, mi recomendaci&#243;n es empezar en peque&#241;o.</p><p>Comienza con una constituci&#243;n peque&#241;a, itera, mira si la direcci&#243;n que deber&#237;as tomar es la que realmente quieres tomar; mira si la misi&#243;n y los principios realmente se alinean con esa direcci&#243;n, o si est&#225; apoyando una diferente.</p><p>Si haces esto, me gustar&#237;a invitarte a volver a los comentarios en un par de semanas y compartir si te ha ayudado. Para m&#237;, pensar en t&#233;rminos de constituciones ha levantado un peso decisional masivo de mis hombros, no porque no supiera qu&#233; era importante para m&#237; antes, sino porque no tengo que mantenerlo en mi cabeza cada d&#237;a. A este punto lo s&#233; de memoria.</p><p>En nuestro pr&#243;ximo compa&#241;ero repasaremos algunos katas que nos ayudar&#225;n a ejercitar nuestra constituci&#243;n de una manera que nos ayude a mantener nuestra direcci&#243;n prevista.</p><p>Hasta entonces, piensa en la direcci&#243;n que has estado siguiendo, y qu&#233; direcci&#243;n quieres seguir en realidad.</p><p><strong>&#161;Espero que tengas una semana maravillosa!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024; Ideas que Vale la Pena Explorar</strong></h3><p>Si esta pieza reson&#243;, aqu&#237; hay un par m&#225;s que van de la mano.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;40ad3710-5f6f-4e24-9e3f-af505ba91e19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Este es un acompa&#241;amiento de pago para &#191;Cu&#225;l es tu prop&#243;sito? &#8212; N&#250;mero #9: Fritz Coetzee&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;C&#243;mo mantener la disciplina cuando tu prop&#243;sito no est&#225; claro&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. 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You Need a Constitution.]]></title><description><![CDATA[How a one-page personal constitution lowers the cost of returning to what matters.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/you-dont-need-more-willpower-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/you-dont-need-more-willpower-you</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:01:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vYch!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f6fb669-9f00-48db-976b-65a314d6bf36_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>In the last couple of weeks we talked about the idea of <em>manufactured urgency</em> and burnout.</p><p> This week I want to talk about something a little bit different. And it&#8217;s something that I&#8217;ve been thinking about a lot recently, because it sort of connects with a set of ideas that I&#8217;ve been brewing for a long time, and that I actually materialized in my TEDx talk. I don&#8217;t know if you remember it. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUsGihSKL2k&amp;pp=ygUZdGVkeCB0YWxrIGNhbWlsbyB6YW1icmFubw%3D%3D">Here&#8217;s the link</a> if you want to watch it. But the gist of it is that if we want to be agents of change, the change has to start with us.</p><p>I believe in what I call <em>bottom-up agency</em> &#8212; the ability to self-govern and take aligned action at any systemic level &#8212;, which is compatible with <em>top-down governance</em> in systems.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free weekly reflections for sustainable discipline.</strong><br><span>Straight to your inbox.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><em>What do I mean by this though?</em></p><p>What I mean is that in order to coexist with others, we have to follow the rules we as society have set. We are gregarious beings, hence it&#8217;s in our best interest to follow them, and of course, when it applies, to advocate for a change when they don&#8217;t make sense anymore.</p><p>But rules are not sufficient. These rules are part of the top-down governance I mentioned before. The rules come from the top, and they act as the space within which we can act. Now, the line is drawn and we have boundaries and that&#8217;s fantastic, but ultimately we still have to develop the judgement to actually make the right decisions based on what our goals are. Not necessarily what everybody outside tells you they think is right, but what we deem is right for us &#8212; of course within the moral, ethical and legal boundaries.</p><p>We need <em>something</em> that helps us make those decisions. Some would call it a moral compass. But I think it goes beyond that. I call it a <em>constitution</em>.</p><p>So, what I want to talk about today is a little bit about that. About what constitutions are, <em>why</em> having a constitution &#8212; like a personal constitution &#8212; matters, to actually return and make better decisions with ease, and how this can be something that we can export to other systems that we are inserted into, like our families, our teams, and how this helps us make more aligned decisions, like joining the proper teams, joining the proper companies, building the family and the experiences that align with what we want for our lives.</p><h3>It&#8217;s all rooted in purpose</h3><p>Here in <em>Self Disciplined</em> we&#8217;ve talked a lot about purpose, in fact, there is a full series I created last year that was called <em>What Is Your Purpose?</em>. There, we discussed the idea of purpose from a realistic side, through the eyes and experience of fellow authors, who were kind enough to share their time with us.</p><p>One of the ideas I kept with me after this series finished, is that purpose comes in many forms and shapes, sometimes more subtly than others, but regardless, purpose is important if we want to bring direction to our life and control the effect of drift in our lives.</p><p>We tend to assume that purpose has to be an epiphany or something grandiose, and with it comes the subsequent assumption that we should follow that no matter what, that we should push ourselves to bring that purpose to life, and that willpower is enough to make it happen &#8212; if there is a will, there is a way. In consequence, a misunderstanding brews that leads us to think that purpose is coupled to motivation, and motivation is coupled to discipline.</p><p>The reality is motivation wanes, with or without purpose, and because the idea of discipline has been warped across time, we think we have to rely on willpower to be disciplined.</p><p>All of this is <em>false</em>. Talking about purpose is not talking about the <em>purpose of our life</em>. That&#8217;s a different and deeper conversation, and something that is out of the scope of this article.</p><p>Purpose, for this matter, is nothing else than the answer to the <em>why</em> for the direction you are taking, at your work, at home or in your own stuff. This means that we don&#8217;t need just one purpose, that it will depend on the context surrounding it, and that purpose is not something that you set one time and that&#8217;s it. It can change.</p><p>And when that happens, the intended direction changes too.</p><h3>Aligning direction</h3><p>You can&#8217;t objectively be coherent if you don&#8217;t have a direction. For the extent of this article coherence is the property of alignment with a direction. The good news is, there is usually always a reason for why you do what you do, even if that reason doesn&#8217;t make sense for others. So at an atomic level, your actions typically match your judgement at the time: <em>I did Y for X reason</em>.</p><p>We are getting in philosophical terrain here, but it&#8217;s worth understanding this, to understand the need for a constitution. So I will recapitulate the idea so far:</p><ol><li><p>We act because of reasons. Those are our why. That&#8217;s our purpose. At least for that act.</p></li><li><p>When we act, the reason may or may not be reasonable for others. But because we acted, it means that the reason made sense for us at the time of the action, otherwise we wouldn&#8217;t have done it.</p></li></ol><p>All good? Great, because we will keep building on this.</p><p>We tend to be <em>more</em> coherent when our actions overall share a similar direction, and we tend to be <em>less coherent</em> when our actions go in different directions.</p><p>In the long term, because drift is ever present, coherence tends to behave as an asymptote: we can get close to coherence, but we can&#8217;t reasonably fully reach it, and that&#8217;s okay. The main reason is that maintaining coherence comes at a cost. As we have discussed in previous issues, drift is the default, so it spreads without difficulty. Coherence on the other hand must be maintained &#8212; we have to be intentional and our why has to align on most of the actions we take &#8212; and that takes time and effort. Because we are human, and life happens, we will be subject to drift <em>at some point</em> in our lives, and, with the right preparation, we can minimize drift, but not fully eliminate it.</p><p>As you can see, trying to eliminate drift is futile. Doing that would be like the myth of Sisyphus applied to human behavior. I don&#8217;t think there are humans that are really one hundred percent coherent every day of their lives, and it&#8217;s probably something that we will never know.</p><p>Here, we have two choices: we either let ourselves go, and let the default take the reins or we play with the cards we have. Now, coherence, as I mentioned, comes at a cost and paying it from willpower alone is not bearable nor sustainable. What we need are systems that can help us lift that maintenance cost, making alignment cheaper over time.</p><p>A constitution is one of those systems.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3>What a constitution is</h3><p>What do you think of when the word constitution is mentioned?</p><p>I would imagine that it&#8217;s the document a country has, that declares the foundations on which such country operates, and that&#8217;s instrumental in shaping the identity of the nation-state.</p><p>If you go to a dictionary, the <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constitution">definition</a> is not too far from it:</p><blockquote><p><strong>a :</strong> the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it<br><strong>b</strong> <em>often</em> <strong>Constitution :</strong> a written instrument embodying the rules of a political or social organization<br><em>specifically</em> <strong>:</strong> the U.S. Constitution</p></blockquote><p>So constitutions are instruments that allow organizations to determine the ruling principles and guarantees under which they operate.</p><p>Businesses and governmental organizations typically have formal or informal constitutions that share their identity, mission and ruling principles and values. For instance Amazon uses their <a href="https://www.amazon.jobs/content/en/our-workplace/leadership-principles">Leadership Principles</a> to rule the business from the <em>bottom up</em>: every member of the company uses this set of principles to make decisions or to settle tension when making a decision that affects the business, and to operate within the boundaries of that company in general. Anthropic also shares <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/constitution">their constitution</a> with the public, as a way to hold themselves publicly accountable for Claude&#8217;s character.<br>These constitutions allow these organizations and their members to decide, and guide their judgement towards an aligned direction.</p><p>So anchoring on this, if companies and organizations have constitutions that help them guide judgement and lift the decisional cost of keeping drift at bay, <em>why couldn&#8217;t we have individual, personal constitutions?</em></p><p>A personal constitution is nothing different from an organizational one. This topic is <a href="https://blog.franklinplanner.com/what-is-a-personal-mission-statement-pg-142-151/">not new</a>. I like to think of a personal constitution as a document containing these three elements:</p><ol><li><p>A <strong>mission</strong> &#8212; The ultimate goal you are trying to achieve. Doesn&#8217;t need to be something far-fetched, it can be something simple and abstract like, <em>I want to be the best version of myself I can be</em>.</p></li><li><p>A set of <strong>principles</strong> &#8212; These are a set of fundamental truths, laws, guidelines or moral beliefs that helps us reason and behave when making decisions and taking action. For instance <em>I value the time with my family</em>, or <em>Listening with intention matters</em>.</p></li><li><p>A <strong>personal declaration</strong> &#8212; This is your reminder of why you are doing this. Your values, your beliefs and your reasons.</p></li></ol><p>If you think about it, in this case, this is not a set of rules. It&#8217;s a set of guidelines. What we are borrowing from legal constitutions is the idea of this set being an instrument that helps anchor identity and guide judgement rather than enforce behavior. A way to make decisions faster because it&#8217;s a constant reminder of what&#8217;s important, and why. A reminder of what the direction is, so you can stay aligned. Having this makes coherence attainable, and helps you act with less deliberation in times where drift could pull you.</p><p>Just as purpose is not a forever thing, your constitution is not a static document. It&#8217;s a snapshot of where you are now, and a reflection of your why and your direction. So it&#8217;s vital to keep it updated, so your actions align with the most current direction.</p><p>Another important point I&#8217;d like to add here is that it&#8217;s not a requirement to just have one constitution. You can have one for different aspects of your life; what&#8217;s important is that these constitutions align in the same direction, and it&#8217;s up to you to keep them updated. My recommendation would be to not keep too many because the cost scales with the number.</p><h3>How does a constitution help us return?</h3><p>I think at this point you may have an answer already, but I will state it out loud.</p><p>When you know what your direction is, it&#8217;s easier to notice when you are off track. And when you know that you are off track, it&#8217;s always good to have a reminder of what principles we can follow to return.</p><p>Now, what to do is not always crystal clear. Sometimes our principles may conflict when we are in the process of returning, and that&#8217;s where our mission &#8212; and looking for the option that serves the most principles at once &#8212; helps. For instance, let&#8217;s say this is my constitution &#8212; just as an example:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Mission:</strong> <em>I want to be the best version of myself I can be</em></p></li><li><p><strong>Principles (subset):</strong></p><ul><li><p><em>I value the time with my family</em> &#8212; Being present matters, not only in presence but mentally, my family is the most important thing in my life. Every minute with them matters, and every moment has to be spent as if it was the last one.</p></li><li><p><em>Listening with intention matters</em> &#8212; I like to be listened to, so I must do the same. If somebody spends their time sharing something with me, it&#8217;s because it&#8217;s important to them, so I must devote the same time listening actively and engage with the conversation.</p></li><li><p><em>Every failure is a learning</em> &#8212; Learning is in my DNA and we become old when we stop learning. I value self-reliance and independence. Plus, I always like to solve a good puzzle. If I fail it&#8217;s not the end of the world, it&#8217;s feedback for how to do it right the next time.</p></li><li><p><em>The clock keeps ticking</em> &#8212; Don&#8217;t spend <em>too</em> much time dwelling on events. Good or bad, the clock keeps ticking, and you have to stay in the game.</p></li><li><p><em>Put the oxygen mask first</em> &#8212; You can&#8217;t help others if you can&#8217;t help yourself first. Be willing to put the oxygen mask first so you can help others put theirs.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Declaration:</strong> <em>...This is important because I can&#8217;t be a good role model for my kids if I&#8217;m not the best version of myself...</em></p></li></ul><p>Let&#8217;s say I&#8217;m under high levels of stress and I&#8217;m drifting hard: irritable, less talkative, tired. This is clearly not the direction I want to take. I&#8217;m being pulled out of the path that leads me to be my best self.</p><p><em>How do I get back on track?</em></p><p>There is a plethora of options. Some of them will be more extreme than others, but just to illustrate let&#8217;s go through a subset:</p><ul><li><p>I could go to the gym and work out, not my fave, but effective.</p></li><li><p>I could write in my spare time to release tension.</p></li><li><p>I could leave some time to meditate every day.</p></li><li><p>I could cook for the family, because cooking is relaxing, for me at least.</p></li><li><p>I could drink some nice wine to feel <em>&#8220;more at ease&#8221;</em>, it gets me sleepy though, so maybe <em>too at ease.</em></p></li><li><p>I could go to the casino, I like to play blackjack, I&#8217;m fairly good at it.</p></li><li><p>I could go party, after all, it seems to work for some people.</p></li></ul><p>If we apply a first round of constitutional check, a good chunk goes away right away:</p><ul><li><p>I could drink some wine &#8212; This goes away because it wouldn&#8217;t let me spend time with my family properly and listen intently as I&#8217;d want. I don&#8217;t want to model that you have to drink alcohol to feel better or to return to your baseline.</p></li><li><p>I could go to the casino &#8212; I don&#8217;t think this is something I&#8217;d like to model to my kids. I like going to the casino and have fun, don&#8217;t get me wrong, but again, I won&#8217;t model the idea of going there when under stress, or to release stress.</p></li><li><p>I could go party &#8212; This is not necessarily bad (depends on how you like to party), but assuming that it would be partying until late wouldn&#8217;t leave me in condition to spend quality time with my family and listen attentively, and I don&#8217;t think that would help on top of stress.</p></li></ul><p>Let&#8217;s review the remaining options:</p><ul><li><p>I could go to the gym and work out &#8212; This aligns strongly with <em>putting the oxygen mask first</em>. I can&#8217;t help others if I don&#8217;t help myself first. But this potentially takes time I can spend with my family.</p></li><li><p>I could write in my spare time to release tension &#8212; Just like the gym option, this aligns with the mission as long as it doesn&#8217;t take away time with my family.</p></li><li><p>I could leave some time to meditate every day &#8212; Same as the two previous options.</p></li><li><p>I could cook for the family &#8212; This opens the possibility of cooking with the family, and if not, at least it lets me serve them and share my love language while at the same time spending time together while dining, which opens the doors to listen attentively.</p></li></ul><p>All these options are attractive, but the majority present the tension of &#8220;spending time with my family&#8221; vs &#8220;putting the oxygen mask first&#8221;.<br>Out of all these options the most attractive one is the last one, cooking, mainly because it satisfies both principles that are in tension in the previous scenarios.</p><p>This decision doesn&#8217;t exclude the fact that I could still do the rest as well, but cooking, given the example scenario, is what feels the most coherent next step, because it aligns with what matters to me, and the direction that I&#8217;m trying to take, meaning that by doing this, I would be starting the return back to my baseline.</p><p>So, once you practice discipline, and use a constitution as support, you&#8217;ll realize that things around you begin to change. You are becoming an <em>agent of change</em>.</p><h3>Becoming an agent of change</h3><p>When you start moving around following a direction, something happens. People around you start noticing, you become more coherent, hence, you become more whole and solid. You stop just accepting whatever comes, and do things intentionally, aligned with the direction you want to take. You become more reliable. You may fail at times, but that&#8217;s okay, because you know you have a north star that can help you get back on track.</p><p>Then you realize that you are not alone, and sometimes the institutions that we are part of may or may not have a clear direction. Depending on your level of involvement and interest in remaining part of that group, you realize it&#8217;s on you (and on the rest of the members of the institution) to either influence that direction, reassess your own direction based on the direction of the institution, or simply determine if you still want to be part of that group. Rules help, but without everyone collaborating (either by helping direct, aligning with the institution or just leaving), there can&#8217;t be real change.</p><p>This applies to any type of institution or social group. The closest one would be <em>your family</em>.</p><p>My wife and I have been talking about some ideas to make our kids <em>feel part of the family</em> as they grow up, and we thought about some of the traditions we want to follow as a family, and the idea of family we want to bring to our kids. That&#8217;s part of an informal declaration of <em>who we want to be as a unit</em>. Just like that, there are principles that we share with our kids that we hope will help them grow into productive members of society and future adults we want to be around. For instance there is a principle I like to share with them in times of tension: <em>we don&#8217;t scream or get violent with one another</em>. Simple as that. When there is conflict between my two little ones and I hear one of them screaming I step in to make clear that, while feeling frustrated is okay, we can always take a better approach.</p><p>My hope is that, as they grow up, they hold these principles with them when things are at stake.</p><p>You don&#8217;t need to have this written somewhere, although it&#8217;s ideal. What&#8217;s important is that you make these principles visible and part of your routine, so your kids become part of the change themselves.</p><p>Some days will be harder, that&#8217;s for sure, but following these principles will also help you become a person of integrity inside the group you are building, improving the bond and trust with the other members of it.</p><h3>What to do next?</h3><p>Now that you know the structure of a constitution, and how you can build them across different organizations, my recommendation is to start small.</p><p>Start with a small constitution, iterate, see if the direction you ought to take is the one you really mean to take; see if the mission and principles really align with that direction, or if it&#8217;s supporting a different one.</p><p>If you do this, I&#8217;d like to invite you to come back to the comments in a couple of weeks and share if it has helped you. For me, thinking in terms of constitutions has lifted a massive decisional weight off my shoulders, not because I didn&#8217;t know what was important for me before, but because I don&#8217;t have to hold it in my head every single day. At this point I know it by heart.</p><p>In our next companion we&#8217;ll go through some katas that will help us exercise our constitution in a way that helps us keep our intended direction.</p><p>Until then, think about the direction you have been following, and what direction you actually want to follow.</p><p><strong>I hope you have a wonderful week!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024;Ideas Worth Exploring</strong></h3><p>If this piece resonated, here are a few more that go hand-in-hand.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;c4f60974-0627-4df6-bc83-e036744028a0&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This is a paid companion for What Is Your Purpose? &#8212; Issue #9: Fritz Coetzee&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;How to Stay Disciplined When Your Purpose Feels Unclear&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>This is a paid companion for <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/manufactured-urgency-is-not-the-same">Manufactured Urgency Is Not the Same as Discipline</a></strong></em></p></div><h3><strong>&#129517; The Struggle</strong></h3><p>You set the deadline. You block the calendar. You tell yourself <em>this time</em> it&#8217;s different &#8212; you&#8217;re creating the pressure you need to finally get it done. And it works. For a while. You sprint, you ship, you feel productive. Then you do it again. And again. The deadlines stack. The contexts blur. Work bleeds into personal projects. Personal projects bleed into rest time. The urgency you manufactured stops feeling like a tool and starts feeling like a trap. You&#8217;re moving, but you&#8217;re also exhausted. And you can&#8217;t tell if you&#8217;re building momentum or just building toward burnout.</p><p>The problem isn&#8217;t the deadline itself. It&#8217;s that you&#8217;ve turned every priority into a threat. Your brain doesn&#8217;t distinguish between a real consequence and a made-up one. So when you manufacture urgency across every area of your life without leaving space to return to baseline, your stress response never shuts off. You&#8217;ve created a system where the alarm never stops ringing.</p><p>You want to get things done without waiting for rock bottom. But you also need to stop treating yourself like a problem that only responds to pressure.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/self-regulation?utm_source=paid_companion">Self-Regulation</a> &#8212; How your nervous system responds to stress and why recovery matters</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#127919; What You&#8217;re Training</strong></h3><p>You are training <em>sustainable urgency</em>. That means you learn to use self-imposed deadlines as a tool for momentum without letting them collapse into chronic stress. You practice creating bounded pressure &#8212; urgency that has a clear end, a real constraint, and alignment with what you actually value.</p><p>In our latest reflection (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/manufactured-urgency-is-not-the-same">Manufactured Urgency Is Not the Same as Discipline</a>), we named the trap: manufactured urgency <em>feels</em> autonomous, but it&#8217;s often controlled motivation in disguise. You think you&#8217;re acting because you want the outcome, but you&#8217;re actually just trying to avoid guilt, shame, or a threat to your identity. The katas below train you to separate real alignment from disguised threats. You practice reframing motivation, setting bounded deadlines, and leaving space between milestones so your brain gets the signal to stop.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a second benefit: these katas build your capacity to recognize when urgency is helping you move and when it&#8217;s just creating noise. You stop confusing pressure with discipline. You learn to trust that you can act without manufacturing a crisis first.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/core-principles?utm_source=paid_companion">Core Principles</a> &#8212; The foundation of sustainable practice design</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#9889; The Katas</strong></h3><p>Katas are short, named practices. Each one takes 30&#8211;120 seconds. Practice them on easy days so they&#8217;re automatic when stress hits.</p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>1&#65039;&#8419; Motivation Reframe</strong></h4><p>This kata trains autonomous motivation. Use it when you&#8217;re about to set a self-imposed deadline and you notice the pressure feels more like a threat than a tool. You will separate what you&#8217;re trying to avoid from what you actually want.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrenamiento en Urgencia Sostenible]]></title><description><![CDATA[C&#243;mo usar plazos autoimpuestos sin agotarte en el proceso]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/entrenamiento-en-urgencia-sostenible</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/entrenamiento-en-urgencia-sostenible</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:02:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0236ff94-106c-416f-877b-bfbbc9a98316_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEAs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEAs!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEAs!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEAs!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEAs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEAs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp" width="1456" height="332" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:332,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:16844,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/211969730?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEAs!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEAs!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEAs!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EEAs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fec7b4c3c-64cf-4f76-92f3-bb39f288f732_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>Este es un compa&#241;ero de pago para <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/urgencia-fabricada-no-es-lo-mismo">Urgencia Fabricada No Es Lo Mismo Que Disciplina</a></strong></em></p></div><h3>&#129517; La Lucha</h3><p>Fijaste el plazo. Bloqueaste el calendario. Te dijiste que <em>esta vez</em> ser&#237;a distinto: estabas creando la presi&#243;n necesaria para finalmente terminarlo. Y funciona. Por un tiempo. Corres, entregas, te sientes productivo. Luego lo haces de nuevo. Y de nuevo. Los plazos se acumulan. Los contextos se confunden. El trabajo se filtra en proyectos personales. Los proyectos personales se filtran en el tiempo de descanso. La urgencia que fabricaste deja de sentirse como una herramienta y empieza a sentirse como una trampa. Te mueves, pero tambi&#233;n est&#225;s exhausto. Y no puedes distinguir si est&#225;s construyendo impulso o simplemente avanzando hacia el agotamiento.</p><p>El problema no es el plazo en s&#237;. Es que convertiste cada prioridad en una amenaza. Tu cerebro no distingue entre una consecuencia real y una inventada. Cuando fabricas urgencia en cada &#225;rea de tu vida sin dejar espacio para volver a la l&#237;nea base, tu respuesta al estr&#233;s nunca se apaga. Creaste un sistema donde la alarma nunca deja de sonar.</p><p>Quieres hacer las cosas sin esperar a tocar fondo. Pero tambi&#233;n necesitas dejar de tratarte como un problema que solo responde a la presi&#243;n.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/self-regulation?utm_source=paid_companion">Autorregulaci&#243;n</a> &#8212; C&#243;mo responde tu sistema nervioso al estr&#233;s y por qu&#233; importa la recuperaci&#243;n</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; Lo Que Est&#225;s Entrenando</h3><p>Est&#225;s entrenando la <em>urgencia sostenible</em>. Eso significa que aprendes a usar plazos autoimpuestos como herramienta para generar impulso sin que colapsen en estr&#233;s cr&#243;nico. Practicas crear presi&#243;n acotada: urgencia que tiene un final claro, una restricci&#243;n real y alineaci&#243;n con lo que realmente valoras.</p><p>En nuestra &#250;ltima reflexi&#243;n (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/urgencia-fabricada-no-es-lo-mismo">Urgencia Fabricada No Es Lo Mismo Que Disciplina</a>), nombramos la trampa: la urgencia fabricada <em>se siente</em> aut&#243;noma, pero a menudo es motivaci&#243;n controlada disfrazada. Crees que act&#250;as porque quieres el resultado, pero en realidad solo intentas evitar la culpa, la verg&#252;enza o una amenaza a tu identidad. Los katas a continuaci&#243;n te entrenan para separar la alineaci&#243;n real de las amenazas disfrazadas. Practicas reformular la motivaci&#243;n, establecer plazos acotados y dejar espacio entre hitos para que tu cerebro reciba la se&#241;al de detenerse.</p><p>Hay tambi&#233;n un segundo beneficio: estos katas construyen tu capacidad de reconocer cu&#225;ndo la urgencia te ayuda a avanzar y cu&#225;ndo solo est&#225; creando ruido. Dejas de confundir presi&#243;n con disciplina. Aprendes a confiar en que puedes actuar sin fabricar una crisis primero.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/core-principles?utm_source=paid_companion">Principios Fundamentales</a> &#8212; La base del dise&#241;o de pr&#225;ctica sostenible</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; Los Katas</h3><p>Los katas son pr&#225;cticas cortas con nombre. Cada una toma entre 30 y 120 segundos. Pract&#237;calas en d&#237;as f&#225;ciles para que sean autom&#225;ticas cuando llegue el estr&#233;s.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; Reformulaci&#243;n de Motivaci&#243;n</h4><p>Este kata entrena la motivaci&#243;n aut&#243;noma. &#218;salo cuando est&#233;s por fijar un plazo autoimpuesto y notes que la presi&#243;n se siente m&#225;s como amenaza que como herramienta. Separar&#225;s aquello que intentas evitar de lo que realmente quieres.</p>
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