You promised it to yourself
We keep promises to other people. The ones we make to ourselves we cancel without an apology.
If you cancelled a meeting with a friend like that, you would feel bad. You cancel on yourself five times a week and do not even write it down. Self-respect crumbles from that — not from the big failures, from these quiet voids. That is why it makes sense to promise less and keep that little. One kept promise to yourself weighs more than five good intentions.
A question from Seth
What did you last promise yourself? And if it were a promise to a friend, would you cancel it like this?