Taking Pauses Along the Way
For three weeks now I've set aside one day in seven to do nothing productive at all. My weekday output went up and the thoughts about burnout went quiet.
For three weeks now I've set aside one day in seven to do nothing productive at all. My weekday output went up and the thoughts about burnout went quiet.
Only the things you can turn into a cycle have real power. What changes in your head and in your writing when you publish something every single day.
I gave myself a real day off — which is unusual for me. I'm learning to treat rest as an important business process, not as a lost day.
For the first time in many months I let myself do absolutely nothing for a whole day. It turns out that doing nothing is a serious step outside my comfort zone.
I don't know how to rest properly — there's some engine inside me that never stops turning. I'm realising I now have to plan my days off as seriously as I plan work.
Four hours in a class on blogging and monetization showed me that I had been doing 70-80% of our public work wrong. A lot of radical changes are coming.
Hormozi, Dune: Part Two, moving into a new office and the "office rhythm" system, Godox lighting for the studio, and the insight of the month: a hand on the pulse.
The first 100 days were easy; this past month I keep thinking "forget it". The motivation is gone, but the flywheel of discipline carries me forward anyway.
Motivation fades fast — but so does a clean body, and we still shower every day. One habit: 5–10 minutes daily on content that genuinely inspires you.