… where X < 6.
Because it removes the overhead of having to decide whether to do the thing on a given day, and removes the room for negotiating with yourself ("Ehh it's only Wednesday, I'll do it tomorrow") that lets you tell yourself a story about how you meant well, and tried, and gosh darn it things just didn't work out. Not that you would ever tell yourself such a story, of course.
It's much simpler and much easier to aim for "every day" and remember 80% is good enough (80% of the time)80% is good enough (80% of the time)
Go ahead and set an ambitious goal like "Work out every day" or "Put your phone away after 5pm" or "Do outreach every day." Try new shit.
And then consider it a success (and Cele... than to keep and check a calendar.
Here are some things that are good to do every day:
- Go outsideGo outside
It feels good. If you need it, there's plenty of science that says it's good for you.
Humans have been staring at screens for about 0.013333% of our time on earth. It might be bad! Who knows.
One... - Work out every dayWork out every day
Abandon bro-science. Don't aim for some optimal cadence of targeted activity to maximize growth of some specific collection of tissue within a narrow region of your body. Contain multitudes. Le... - Seek flow statesSeek flow states
All emotional anguish and mental quandaries disappear when you enter a flow state. Put another way: the only problems you have are the problems that prevent you from entering flow.
It helps to P... - Put your phone awayPut your phone away
Going no-phone for a full day is always challenging and always relaxing.
You sleep better when you have a couple no-phone hours before bed.
Using your phone is bad for your posture.
You already ... - Learn new shitLearn new shit
Just because it's fun.
But if you need more reasons, gaining more knowledge is a way to Increase optionality. And learning is a prerequesite to being able to Teach people shit.
- Do outreachDo outreach
Meeting people is good, and often means you can introduce new friends to old friends, which is one way to Seek win win wins.
See the Long game outreach manifesto.
- Celebrate winsCelebrate wins
Too much focus on future goals leaves too little room for appreciating the present moments, and past efforts that created it.
Too much focus on others' achievements will make you unhappy. (See D... - Bake, eat, and share whole grain breadBake, eat, and share whole grain bread
Assuming you live in a place where whole grain flour is readily available, which is much of the world.
Use 100% whole grain, and a starter. It has actual nutritional content. Working the dough is ...