Yeah I think this part is what I was remembering: http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/autobiography/page41.htm http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/autobiography/pag

Yeah I think this part is what I was remembering: http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/autobiography/page41.htm http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/autobiography/page41.htm Where he says: * I spent all this time making this spreadsheet to record all my moral failings * The plan was to focus on 1 virtue a week, over and over, til I had no marks on my spreadsheet * But I basically just did it once the first year, then once over the next few years then said screw it. Then he concludes that the whole scheme might've been "moral foppery" (lol) and "that a perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance". Just thought it was funny. And also counter to all these "be your best self/be more productive/get blood transfusions" self-helpy blogposts.