The last day of every month is one of my favourite moments and I look forward to it every single time. I sit down with my monthly goals and what I’ve actually managed to produce from them and the thing that genuinely never stops surprising me is how much ground you can cover in thirty days when you’re being honest with yourself about what you want and disciplined enough to go after it. The visual reminder is not a small or trivial thing, our brains are not indifferent to what they’re repeatedly exposed to and a goal that lives somewhere in your eyeline every single morning is a goal that your subconscious is quietly and persistently working on even in the moments when you’re not consciously thinking about it at all.
I like having a cumulative and undeniable record of what becomes possible when I decide something is going to happen and then behave accordingly every single day until it does. I have sat with that evidence enough times now that I no longer have any serious doubt about my own ability to produce results when I want something badly enough.
The analysis of what did not work is where I would often skip and where most of the actual growth lives. Why did this not happen. What was in the way. Was it fear dressed up as logistics. Was it a goal that looked good on paper but that you never actually wanted badly enough to inconvenience yourself for. Was it a system problem or a commitment problem or an honesty problem about what you were actually willing to do versus what you liked the idea of doing.
What would I do differently with thirty more days and everything I now know. That question asked honestly and without the drama of self flagellation is worth more than any framework or methodology or motivational content. It is just you and the unvarnished truth of what actually happened sitting across from each other with nowhere to go and nothing to do but figure out what comes next.
You have the same thirty days I do. The question is just what you are going to decide to do with them because the time will pass anyways.
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