Stop Planning, Start Logging: The 2-Minute Ritual.
The Fiction of Planning
We are addicted to the morning plan. We write down an idealized version of our day. "8 AM: Deep Work. 10 AM: Gym. 2 PM: Write Report."
It is a beautiful fiction. Then life happens. A crisis email. A long meeting. Low energy. By 5 PM, the plan is a source of guilt.
I stopped focusing on the plan. Instead, I started obsessing over the Log.
The Nightly Truth
Every single night, before my head hits the pillow, I answer three specific prompts. It takes 120 seconds.
- 1.**The Work:** What did I *actually* ship today? (Not emails, not meetings—output).
- 2.**The Lesson:** What did I learn or realize?
- 3.**The Blocker:** What slowed me down?
The Pattern Recognition
When you do this for 30 days, you can't lie to yourself. The data stares back at you.
I realized painful truths:
- I wasn't "too busy"; I was spending 2 hours a day on Twitter/X.
- My "morning productivity" was a myth; I actually wrote better at 8 PM.
- My biggest blocker wasn't clients; it was my own indecision.
This creates an Accountability Loop. When you know you have to write down your day at 9 PM, you make better choices at 2 PM. You don't want to write "I scrolled Instagram" in your log.
Become a Historian
Stop trying to be a fortune teller with your morning plans. Become a historian of your own life. Capture the data. The patterns will reveal the path.
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