Progress, Not Perfection: How To Do It (Patreon)

Published:

2019-01-21 15:26:32

Edited:

2019-01-22 02:46:16

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2024-05

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Dont clean your house: make your house less dirty.
Don’t tidy your room: make your room less untidy.
Don’t get good at Japanese: get less bad at Japanese.
Don’t make things better: make things less bad.
Don’t get fit: get less unfit.
Don’t lose weight: stop gaining weight.
Don’t gain new Japanese knowledge: protect and fortify the Japanese knowledge you already have.
Don’t prepare for the meeting: make yourself less unprepared for the meeting.
Don’t get smarter: get less dumb.
Don’t get stronger: get less weak.
Don’t add awesomeness: subtract suckiness.
Don’t do the right thing: do an easy thing, the easiest thing, that’s still in the right direction.
Don’t go for a swim. Go to the lake or pool or ocean with your swimming trunks.
Don’t run: walk. Don’t walk: step outside. Don’t step outside: get your shoes ready.
Don’t bring order to the Universe: bring order to your wallet.
Don’t take out the trash: get the trash bags ready at the door.
Don’t fix the problem: just stop making it worse.
Don’t contribute to the solution: just stop contributing to the problem.
Don’t go to the Moon: go towards the Moon.