Keeping promises is not easy. You have to fight your mood, fight lethargy, fight lazinesss, procrastination, self-doubt, sadness, depression, sometimes absolute absolute hopelessness.

But this is your fight. This is the thing that is the bottleneck, where everything else gets stuck.

This is the ONE thing. If you change, will make the biggest difference in your life. The biggest threat and the biggest opportunity. You are a planner. You are smart. So plan to over come this.

You’ve read atomic habits. And yes you can use tactics from there to help you – creating a cue (laying out workout clothes), designing your environment, stacking habits etc etc.

How about just starting to make promises to yourself – little ones. Like tonight after my phone call, I will charge my phone outside the room and go to sleep. Thats it. Keep my phone outside.

Its not about the phone. Its about practicing keeping promises to myself. Thats all. Make promises throughout the day and track to see how many you keep.

Also you will really need this mindset as you practice this. Every day. One insignificant promise at a time.

If you don’t manage to reframe perfectionism as a damaging and inferior mindset, the illusion of its superiority will thwart your desired changes.

Imperfectionists aren’t so ironic as to have perfect lives; they’re just happier, healthier, and more productive at doing what matters.