Rome wasn't built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour. You don't have to do it all today. Just lay a brick. - James Clear

Rome wasn't built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour.

In fact, the tendency for one purchase to lead to another one has a name: the Diderot Effect. The Diderot Effect states that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption

Negative thoughts compound. The more you think of yourself as worthless, stupid, or ugly, the more you condition yourself to interpret life that way. You get trapped in a thought loop. The same is true for how you think about others. Once you fall into the habit of seeing people as angry, unjust, or selfish, you see those kind of people everywhere.

The feeling of progress is one of the best feelings of all. This is true even when progress is small.