The Daily 5 with Aurooba

The last episode of Chapter 1, The Start.

The journey is still more important, but the destination still matters. And we'll dig into Lord of the Rings a little bit (LoTR diehards don't come at me for the slight butchering I'm about to do)

Overwhelmed? I've got just the question for you.

Here's the annual review I mention in the episode: https://syedbalkhi.com/this-happened-to-me-in-2023-year-in-review/

The answer to that question may change your decision when you really think about it.

Your resolutions are contracts even if you didn't think they were. And if you're breaking them, let's unpack why thinking of them as contracts could help. That episode of Suits, I reference? It's Season 2, Episode 6. :)

A quick little thought about the value of liking what you do.

How would things change for you in a situation if you approached it with sincerity rather than seriousness?

I have no idea where that post from Leo is anymore, it's possible he got rid of it. This is the closest thing I could find on his blog now: https://zenhabits.net/beginners-guide-to-running

If eating a tub of ice cream in one sitting isn't self-care, then what is it exactly? Is it self-care or self-sabotage?

Didja stumble? It's okay. Reset and start again. And maybe read this James Clear piece: https://jamesclear.com/get-back-on-track

I offer no solution for how to balance the now with the future, I offer only the idea that it's important to consider and why.

How often do you revisit the fundamentals? Why should you?

You knew at some point I was going to end up journalling out loud right? Let's think through some of the elements of the Pyramid of Success together.

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success

Where I go into my tendency to overwork and how I've been trying to fix that. My blog post on knowledge work. – https://aurooba.com/notes/the-conundrum-of-hourly-knowledge-work/

I had some great conversations with some of you around stress cycles and closing the loop, so here's a follow up episode to bring everyone else into the loop. :)

Learning is inevitable when you set out to achieve goals. Also – watching AI models learn is HILARIOUS . Also here is that newsletter from James Clear I quoted .

What do goals have to do with self determination, and how can we use the ideas of self determination to help our achieve our goals more reliably? Self-Determination Theory – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-determination_theory So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13525945-so-good-they-can-t-ignore-you

To do what's most important, sometimes you have to stop juggling other things that are also important. Four Burners Theory – https://thedaily5.xyz/s1/23 Strategic Apathy – https://joshkaufman.net/strategic-apathy/

In order to build a new system or routine, you need actions that are required. What is the benefit to that? How does one make an action required? Journey before destination A Discovery of Witches series

Choosing a word for your year can be a really interesting exercise to wrap up your goal-setting with. Have you tried it?

What role do values play in goal setting and our ability to achieve our goals? What even are values? Are they worth considering or are they just fluff?

We'll get into techniques and tactics for levelling up, but before all of that, you have to actually  pay attention . But you can't pay attention to everything all the time, so how do you exactly use your attention well? That's what we get into today.

Before we get into levelling up, let's chat about the importance of closing the stress cycle. Unraveling The Science Behind The Stress Response Cycle – https://simplish.co/blog/stress-response-cycle Adaptive Reaction to Stress – https://journals.lww.com/psychosomaticmedicine/citation/1950/05000/adaptive_reaction_to_stress.3.aspx Stress Cycles: What they Are and How to Break Them – https://www.embr...