Do you check your daily to‑do list at the end of the day? If not, you probably should. Yet, this healthy habit can lead to an increasing sense of dissatisfaction and/or shame, as we are prone to plan more tasks than we are realistically able to execute (due to a very human bias). Do we have to choose between productive habits and a positive self‑image? This post introduces a “mantra question” I am using lately to maintain focus during daily reviews.

Have you ever spent an hour scrolling on Instagram (or your ​social media addiction of choice​) and later realized with a pang of regret that such a time could have been spent much better doing something else you deeply ​value​? This sort of realization is at the core of this week’s blog post: a tiny practice to guide our daily decision making about what to do next. This idea will also be familiar to long-time newsletter subscribers, as it was an early “newsletter exclusive”.