The Two-Minute Version

Lower the promise. A smaller version of the thing is still the thing.

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For reasons I will not get into here, today has not been a great day. But I’ve committed to writing every day for 20 days, so here I am.

For me the purpose of this 20 day challenge is to build consistency and resilience around the habit of publishing online. A key part of that is choosing how to show up on the bad days — days like today.

Lately I like to always have a mini-version of my discipline du jour in mind. Whether it’s yoga, or some professional life task, or daily personal writing, I have a “two-minute version” of it that I can do on days when I’m not feeling it. It’s a fallback plan for when motivation is low, that allows me to dial down the expectations and stakes, while still staying connected to the habit.

Lower the promise.

This is today’s 2 minutes.