The running shoes are by the door. Then a small voice asks one question, and your shot at consistent habits takes another knock.
The alarm goes at 6:00. Shoes where you left them. Last night, brushing your teeth, the plan felt settled.
Then, feet still under the duvet, the voice pipes up:
Do I really feel like doing this today?… Read the rest “Stop Asking Yourself This Question Every Morning (It’s Why You Keep Quitting)”
Prefer the story? I told it on Medium: Why “Just Get a Job” Stopped Working for Me at 50. This is the maths underneath it.
Once you’re past fifty and the money looks thin, everyone hands you the same four answers. Get something part-time. Go freelance. Turn the hobby into a little side line.… Read the rest “The Hidden Maths of Midlife Income: What a Part-Time Job Really Pays After 50”
Prefer the story? I told it on Medium: Why “Just Get a Job” Stopped Working for Me at 50. This is the maths underneath it.
Once you’re past fifty and the money looks thin, everyone hands you the same four answers. Get something part-time. Go freelance. Turn the hobby into a little side line.… Read the rest “The Hidden Maths of Midlife Income: What a Part-Time Job Really Pays After 50”
Make a fist. Hold it as hard as you can, and don’t let go.
Strong at first. The knuckles go white, the forearm sets, and for a few seconds you’re completely in charge. Then it aches. Then it shakes. Then the fingers start to open on their own, and there’s not much your willpower can do about it.… Read the rest “How to Break a Habit Without Willpower: 4 Simple Moves”
Make a fist. Hold it as hard as you can, and don’t let go.
Strong at first. The knuckles go white, the forearm sets, and for a few seconds you’re completely in charge. Then it aches. Then it shakes. Then the fingers start to open on their own, and there’s not much your willpower can do about it.… Read the rest “How to Break a Habit Without Willpower: 4 Simple Moves”
I found a blue Post-it stuck to the inside cover of a notebook I abandoned around 2011. Marcus Aurelius, I think. Something about the obstacle becoming the path. I had pressed the ballpoint hard enough to dent the paper underneath. Clearing out a spare room last month, shifting damp cardboard boxes and old coats, I read the quote again.… Read the rest “The Uncomfortable Quotes That Fixed My Life (After Ruining My Ego)”
The raise landed on a Thursday in late October. By Sunday afternoon I had spent $260 on an ergonomic mesh desk chair.
That was not about making my flat look better. Three weeks of fourteen-hour days from a sagging sofa had locked my lower back into a spasm I could not sit or stand my way out of.… Read the rest “Golden Handcuffs in Tech: Why a Higher Salary Makes It Harder to Quit”
