The official channel for Zen Habits, created by Leo Babauta. We'll explore facing resistance, fear and uncertainty around your meaningful work.


Zen Habits

A distracted mind is constantly pulled in many directions. Mindfulness strengthens the ability to stay with one experience at a time.

1 day ago | [YT] | 14

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Our hearts remind us what the mind forgets: work carries meaning when it eases burdens, brings joy, or makes someone’s day brighter. Returning to this awareness changes everything.

Connecting Your Work Tasks to Meaning • zenhabits.net/meaning

1 week ago | [YT] | 22

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Ideals can narrow our field of vision. When we loosen our grip, we make room for possibility and create space for discovery.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 27

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The cost of indecision is rarely worth the comfort of delay. When we act from awareness instead of fear, we discover that even imperfect choices can bring peace and flow.

How to Form the Decisiveness Habit • zenhabits.net/decisive

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 27

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When you slow the pace, attention has time to settle, and moments become more than something to get through.

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 28

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To live embodied is to notice, to feel, to play. When we step out of the mind’s constant thinking and into the body’s presence, we experience the fullness of being alive.

How to Be More Embodied • zenhabits.net/embodied

1 month ago | [YT] | 28

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A quiet interval away from the noise helps your attention settle and your energy return.

1 month ago | [YT] | 40

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Feeling busy isn’t just about your workload, it’s how you move through it. When you slow down, choose with care, and connect with intention, the day starts to feel more spacious.

1 month ago | [YT] | 48

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A moment of stillness is often enough to reconnect with intention and purpose.

1 month ago | [YT] | 40

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Three forces awaken motivation: the truth of impermanence, the love we feel for others, and the playfulness of discovery. Together, they turn resistance into movement.

The Three Most Powerful Motivations • zenhabits.net/motivations

1 month ago | [YT] | 27