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Anything you force, you eventually need to undo

How to conspire WITH life instead of pushing AGAINST it

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Oct 23, 2026
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How to move with the energy of the universe + the forces conspiring for your highest good, instead of AGAINST them (only to leave yourself needing to undo that effort later on)

I’ve written before about how life gets abundant when you stop trying to control it, and about how your intuition only makes sense in hindsight. There is no shortcut to figuring out what is right for you, other than tuning into the decision that feels best TO YOU, and moving towards that. (In other words: no one else can find out what is right for you.) Another way to think about this is to follow the direction with the most aliveness…

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a good heuristic when making a big decision: would choosing this make me feel more alive?
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(James Clear recently featured this tweet in his 3-2-1 newsletter.)

What I want to explore today is the concept of forcing: how to know when you’re forcing something that isn’t meant to be vs. enduring the resistance of worthy effort directed towards something that IS meant to be, aligning your conscious energy with what you truly want.

How to know when you’re forcing (trying to control the universe) vs. flowing (conspiring with the universe for your highest good)

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