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New years resolutions and other big changes tend not to work very well because they are big changes and we are very bad at big changes. Probably the most import
by PaulKeeble 6y ago
New years resolutions and other big changes tend not to work very well because they are big changes and we are very bad at big changes. Probably the most important piece of information I needed to make lasting changes to how I spent my day was the combined knowledge and idea:
1) I ran on habits for most of my day
2) I could change about 1% of my day every month
Doing small changes continuously results in a big change within a few years and most of your day is completely different. You can learn to do uninteresting, uninspiring chores if you just put small progressions towards it.
- faeyanpiraat 6y agoEarning 1% every month on your investments would yield a ridiculous amount, like the wealth of the entire world in 3 years or something. So even if it sounds like a small goal, getting better by any amount could suffice.
- lupire 6y agoNo , 1%/month is 43% in 3 years.
- faeyanpiraat 6y agoYou are right, I must be misremembering something, let me think about it..
- fnomnom 6y agoyou are probably thinking of doubling? like in the chess & rice story? see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissa_(mythical_brahmin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissa_(mythical_brahmin) which leads to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_and_chessboard_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_and_chessboard_problem
- the_only_law 6y agoUnfortunately “a few years is” the upper end of my bound and I have a number of big things I need to tackle within that bound.