Reyvi and I decided to be each other’s accountability partner.

This is simply worth a try because it’s difficult to find time to work on something when dealing with the kids’ unstable schedule. The idea is to list 3 goals, but we’ll only push each other to accomplish the main goal.

Theoretically, this should work so we’ll see how it goes.

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After hitting “Submit” to one of the biggest publications on Medium, I realized how the article I submitted was peppered with the word “that”.

I know that sucks. But that’s exactly how you learn your lesson. It’s not that it’s bad, it just makes the content less polished. That’s no good.

Now, I could’ve written what I just said as follows:

“It sucks how you have to hit publish and feel the cringe of submitting a crappy article before the lesson comes in”.

This explains why quantity breeds quality.

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I managed to work out for 4 days straight without having to push myself to work or feel the guilt of being lazy when I skip a day.

That’s when it dawned on me how being neutral is super helpful when it comes to habit-building:

• If there are no rewards for doing it, then I no longer need to motivate myself for doing it.
• If there’s no punishment for skipping, then I no longer feel the “need” to do something I hate.

In other words, if I don’t feel like doing it, I won’t do it.

If you’re thinking I’m gonna be less consistent, or that I don’t have self-discipline, well well, I might have to disagree.

What I’ve come to realize is that the moment you go 360 on a popular advice or idea, it means that you have a good understanding of the matter.

An example would be the popular productivity quote, “Don’t work hard, work smart”. I used to think it was helpful, then, later on, realized it was a handy excuse to be lazy.

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Starting my day not knowing wtf to do used to bug me.

It makes me feel like I don’t have a purpose in life. However, this week, I managed to rewire my brain to stop feeling that. In fact, “not knowing what to do” is simply a signal that I’ve done everything I needed to do and I have the freedom to choose whatever it is I feel like accomplishing. That could be a goal or a task or a habit I wanna build.

In other words, there’s no pressure to get shit done.