the promise

the renunciation cycle, not willpower.

promises made, broken, renewed. plus the technique question — why willpower wasn't the missing piece.

• the same three bullets — the renunciation cycle, not willpower. 27 broken promises, the negotiations with god, the source i can't replace.
• hungry by dinner — on reading a parenting book at 19. the marshmallow test, the french bake-off, re-parenting the kid who wasn't raised on delay.