Willpower is the illusion we need.

‘The best slave is the one that thinks he is free.’ — JOHANN VON GOETHE

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In light of everything I’ve come to understand about behaviour, I realise that my motivation never originates within me. All my actions have an external cause. I didn’t choose my parents, my DNA, or the environment in which I grew up. Everything that causes me to exercise is just my genetics or socially and environmentally…