How to RESET your life in 1 week

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• 💧 Refresh your life in 7 days

Low periods of life are cyclical.

For a few months you feel on top of the world. You can’t stop making progress.

Then, the next few months slow down. You feel good, but things aren’t the same.

Last, you hit a wall. Your vision is exhausted. You feel lost.

Negative thoughts begin to flood your mind – they can cloud your mind and prevent you from collecting hints at your next purpose in life that sends you down a rabbit hole of obsession.

This letter is for those in that final phase.

The ones that can’t find the same enthusiasm for life that they used to.

The ones that can’t find joy in reading a book or walking in nature.

HOW TO RESET YOUR LIFE

This is a process I run through when life gets a bit too messy.

It’s when you’re constantly thinking back to a time when “life was better.”

Or perhaps, when your routines fall apart and all of these little tasks pop up and drain all your energy.

You’re not the first to feel this way.

So, here’s how you reset your life in 7 days:

1) Take Note Of How You Feel

Pull out a notebook (or a second brain) and write down:

• Exactly what you are doing on a daily basis.

• How you feel morning, afternoon, and night.

Take 10 minutes and get specific.

This is important for identifying things that drain your time or energy.

2) Get Clear On What You Want

It is impossible to know with absolute certainty what is going to happen in the future.

This is why the masses flock to “secure” jobs and belief systems.

It’s an illusion of certainty to avoid struggle. You can’t skip making mistakes. Mistakes are your light in the dark.

Start with these 3 questions:

• What do you want your life to look like?

• What do you want your mind to look like?

• What do you want your body to look like?

Get specific and write down every detail for your future.

Now, break it down into goals.

Not for achievement, but for clarity.

Yearly goals and monthly goals.

You need direction for your life. Goals are a filter for skills to learn and opportunities to register.

Your day-to-day experience must be perceived through your vision as the game you are trying to win.

3) Prioritize, Remove, & Restructure Your Days

The reason you aren’t getting the results you used to is because:

• You feel pressed for time

• You don’t have the energy to get results

• You stopped doing the things that got results

Look over your brain dump from above.

What can you change?

Prioritize the things that will get results.

Remove the things that snuck their way into your day (and don’t deserve to be there).

Restructure specific tasks and obligations to free up more time.

Get the chaotic structure of your mind on paper and reorganize it.

4) Cornerstone Habits Of The Good Life

You now have direction (goals) and awareness of why you aren’t achieving them.

Now, you need to cultivate 2 habits to bridge the gap:

1. Learning – for novel information to fuel your skill acquisition and knowledge.

2. Building – to metabolize the information and build mental muscle.

Both are expensive dopamine.

Start with 30 minutes of each a day.

30 minutes of self-education in the morning.

30 minutes of building a project that will contribute to your vision.

If you can’t set aside 1 hour each morning, when distractions are minimal, to build your future – go back to step 3 and get your priorities straight.

5) Create The Routine

When you are in this chaotic spot in life, it is crucial that you don’t pick up bad habits along the way.

Habits are difficult to break.

So, create your routine.

Write out every single thing you are going to do for the next week.

This is how you reduce the friction (or difficulty) of making better decisions.

Write out:

• Your morning routine

• Your focused work routine

• Other tasks and meetings

• Nightly routine

You will have to experiment as you go.

If the routine doesn’t flow, go back to your notebook and write what you’re going to do the next day.

This is how you create a system for your life.

You create a system for your life by mapping out your week, sticking to the plan, identifying problems, experimenting with solutions, and repeating the process until you reach your ideal future.

It gets more efficient with time if you make this ‘mental housekeeping’ a regular practice.

Before you know it, new skills will become second nature and you will be baffled by how far you’ve come.

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