Momentum has been on my mind this month, not the booming, inspirational kind, but the silent, physics kind. The kind that describes how one simple action, once started, just sort of seems to propel itself forward. How one day just feels different when something is already in motion. I’ve been noticing how much we justContinue reading “Designing a Life That Moves Forward on Its Own”
Category Archives: Habits
Building Momentum: How Tiny Steps Compound Over Time
Momentum is built not by emotional motivation but by tiny, repeatable actions that reshape identity, reduce resistance, and generate the momentum that makes long-term change inevitable. Motivation is wanting to act on an emotional level, while momentum is a force born from steady action that moves you. Small wins are building blocks that slowly buildContinue reading “Building Momentum: How Tiny Steps Compound Over Time”
The 2-Minute Rule: The Science of Getting Started
Basically, if it takes less than two minutes, do it now. This rule is a gateway to habit formation. After all, we become what we practice consistently. You will be surprised by how much you can complete in only two minutes. What is the two-minute rule? According to the Two-Minute Rule, simplified by David AllenContinue reading “The 2-Minute Rule: The Science of Getting Started”
Why Small Starts Create Big Change
Who do you want to become? How are you going to get there? “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” Robert Collier You need to keep moving forward. Motivation follows action, so how do you keep your motivation going? What is going to motivate you? Motivation is the emotional desire toContinue reading “Why Small Starts Create Big Change”
Turning Toward the Truth: How to Face What You’ve Been Avoiding
This month, we have explored facing what we don’t see. What is stopping you that is unseen by you? Searching for answers in the wrong places, and why we avoid what we don’t want to know. Today’s topic is clarity as a framework for honest self-reflection. Why is confronting reality important? What hides in plainContinue reading “Turning Toward the Truth: How to Face What You’ve Been Avoiding”
The Streetlight Effect: Searching for Answers in the Wrong Places
People tend to lean toward simple answers, familiar routines, or convenient explanations. Often taking others’ answers as their own with no substantial proof. Are you searching for answers where it’s comfortable, or where the truth actually lives? “If we look for answers in incorrect places, we’ll get answers that are incomplete.” Matthew Ruttan An exampleContinue reading “The Streetlight Effect: Searching for Answers in the Wrong Places”
Belief Bias: When Your Mind Chooses the Story Over the Facts
You’ve had this experience: someone shows you clear evidence, and you still feel yourself resisting it. Not because the facts are wrong, but because the conclusion doesn’t fit the story you’ve been living. “What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” – John Lubbock This month is about the stories you live by.Continue reading “Belief Bias: When Your Mind Chooses the Story Over the Facts”
Building a Clearer You: Living with Greater Self-Clarity
This year, we are exploring techniques and strategies for self-knowledge. January has been a month of courageous looking inward. If you are following this blog, we have explored our biases, examined the stories we tell ourselves, practiced self-distancing, and built routines and strategies that help you see your inner world with more honesty and compassion.Continue reading “Building a Clearer You: Living with Greater Self-Clarity”
The Gentle Strength of Discipline – Designing Tomorrow
“With self-discipline, almost anything is possible.” – Theodore Roosevelt December is a month of reflection and preparation for the new year. This blog series focuses on our mind’s eye, which refers to the ability to visualize or imagine something in your mind without physically seeing it. Reflection and preparation allow us to work toward ourContinue reading “The Gentle Strength of Discipline – Designing Tomorrow”
I’m Fixin To – The Moment before Movement
The Mind’s Eye: Designing Tomorrow Through Reflective Vision and Personal Philosophy The December blog theme will focus on our mind’s eye, which refers to the ability to visualize or imagine something in your mind without physically seeing it. Our brains can create mental images based on memory, imagination, or other sensory experiences. We have theContinue reading “I’m Fixin To – The Moment before Movement”