Hello, world!
There is magic in daily practice.
When I want to improve, I practice it daily, even for five minutes.
Recently, I adopted a few practices:
- Daily getting 10K steps improved my health—my joints hurt less.
- Daily weighing myself in the morning made me aware of the crap I was eating, so I lost weight.
- Daily meditation calmed my overthinking mind.
- Daily doodling levelled up my drawing skills.
- Daily brushing my teeth with peroxide toothpaste, whitened my teeth.
If I had done these practices infrequently, I wouldn’t have made much progress.
Famous examples
- Seth Godin attributes his best business decision to daily writing and posting on his blog (and he’s been doing it for the past twenty years.)
- MrBeast started on YouTube by uploading videos daily, and despite his fame, he still thinks non-stop about YouTube daily.
- Casey Neistat became famous on YouTube after he started daily vlogging.
- Steve Vai (and most musicians) would practice playing the guitar for more than ten hours daily.
- Kobe Bryant would shoot four hundred up to a thousand shots daily after every basketball practice.
Infrequent doesn’t work
When you do it infrequently, whenever you feel like it, you’re wasting time. Better to not have even started—it won’t make a dent.
- You won’t get shredded, lifting weights once per week.
- You won’t become a musician, playing the guitar one hour per month.
- You won’t avoid the dentist, brushing your teeth once per week.
- You won’t become a millionaire, only working four-hour workweeks.
- You won’t become a writer, only writing when inspiration hits.
Daily
Do it daily, and you start seeing progress. You identify patterns. You come up with more ideas. You cultivate an obsession—all successful people are obsessed with their craft. You feel more confident. You become more disciplined and organised, improving other parts of your life. You start to get good at it. You cultivate a work ethic.
Daily gives you permission to screw up. It frees you from saving your best shot for last. Shoot now! You have another shot tomorrow.
It’s liberating. It lowers your expectations. You stop hiding behind perfection. The stakes aren’t sky-high. You won’t crash and burn. You can restart tomorrow.
Don’t underestimate the power of daily.
P.S. I’m starting the practice of daily writing. Follow my journey.