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# Act the way I want to feel
![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Jan 01, 2022</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Nov 05, 2022</small> 🏷️[[12 Personal Commandments]]
When you feel an unpleasant feeling, counteract it by behaving the way you wish you felt.
David Reynolds, in *Constructive Living,* notes that getting yourself to take action creates the feelings you thought you needed to get started.
- He argues that profound sense of [[confidence]] comes from being the type of person who can get themself to do what needs to get done, even when we don't feel like it.
Question to ask in these moments: "Now what needs to be done?"
## Sources
[Optimize+1](https://www.heroic.us/optimize/plus-one/now-what-needs-to-be-done)