Standards are easy to keep when you feel motivated.

The harder question is what happens when you don't.

If your standards disappear when you're tired, frustrated, lonely, or overwhelmed, they may still be preferences rather than principles.

Turn Your Standards Into A Floor Not A Mood explores the difference between standards you talk about and standards you actually maintain.

A floor is the minimum you refuse to fall below.

It doesn't require you to feel inspired.

It doesn't depend on having a perfect day.

It simply gives you a baseline.

Maybe your standard is how you speak to people.

Maybe it's how you treat yourself.

Maybe it's how much rest you protect.

Maybe it's the kind of relationship you will accept.

Maybe it's the amount of honesty you expect from yourself.

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