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Rule #1
There are no more Zero Days. What's a Zero Day? A Zero Day is when you don't do a single fucking thing towards whatever dream or goal or want or whatever that you got going on. No more zeros. I'm not saying you gotta bust an essay out everyday, that's not the point. The point I'm trying to make is that you have to make yourself believe, promise yourself, that the new SYSTEM you live in is a NonZero System.Didnt' do anything all day and it's 11:58 PM? Write one sentence. One pushup. Read one page of that chapter. One. Because one is Non Zero. Understand? When you're in the super vortex of being bummed your pattern of behaviour is keeping the vortex goin, that's what you're used to. Turning into productivity ultimate master of the universe doesn't happen from the vortex. It happens from a massive string of CONSISTENT NON ZEROS. That's rule number one. Do not forget.Rule #2
Be grateful to the 3 YOU'S.
Uh what? 3 me's? That sounds like mumbo jumbo bullshit. News flash, there are three you's my friend. There's the past you, the present you, and the future you. If you wanna love someone and have someone love you back, you gotta learn to love yourself, and the 3 you's are the key. Be GRATEFUL to the past you for the positive things you've done. And do favours for the future you like you would for your best friend. Feeling like shit today? Stop a second, think of a good decision you made yesterday. Salad and tuna instead of Big Mac? THANK YOU YOUNGER ME. Was yesterday a NonZero day because you wrote 200 words (hey, that's all you could muster)? THANK YOU YOUNGER ME. Saved up some coin over time to buy that sweet thing you wanted? THANK YOU.The second element of the 3 you's is you must do your future self a favour, just like you would for your best fucking friend (don't have a best friend? you do now! You have 2! It's future and past you).Tired as hell and can't get off reddit/videogames/interwebs? SCREW YOU present self, this one's for future me, i'm gonna rock out p90x Ab Ripper X for 17 minutes. I'm doing this one for future me. Alarm clock goes off and bed is too comfy? fuck you present self, this one's for my best friend, the future me. I'm up and going for a 5 km run (or 25 meter run, it's gotta be NonZero). MAKE SURE YOU THANK YOUR OLD SELF for rocking out at the end of every.single.thing. that makes your life better. The cycle of doing something for someone else (future you) and thanking someone for the good in your life (past you_) is key to building gratitude and productivity. Do not doubt me. Over time you should spread the gratitude to others who help you on your path.Rule #3
(get a pencil and piece of paper to write it down. seriously. you physically need to scratch marks on paper)FORGIVE YOURSELF. I mean it. Maybe you've got all the know-how, money, ability, strength and talent to do whatever is you wanna do. But lets say you still didn't do it. Now you're giving yourself shit for not doing what you needed to, to be who you want to. Heads up champion! Being disappointed in yourself causes you to be less productive. Tried your best to have a NonZero day yesterday and it failed? so what. I forgive you previous self. I forgive you. But today? Today is a NonZero masterpiece to the best of my ability for future self. This one's for you future homes. Forgiveness my friends, use it. I forgive you. Say it out loud.Rule #4
The easiest rule: exercise and books. That's it! Pretty standard advice but when you exercise daily you actually get smarter. when you exercise you get high from endorphins (thanks body). when you exercise you clear your mind. When you exercise you are doing your future self a huge favour. Exercise is a leg on a three legged stool. Get it?As for books, almost every fucking thing we've all ever thought of, or felt, or gone through, or wanted, or wanted to know how to do, or whatever, has been figured out by someone else. Get some books my friend. Did you write to a friend about your struggles? Good first step! (NonZero day! Thanks younger me for typing it out) You know what else you could do? Read 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. Read "Emotional Intelligence". Read "From Good to Great". Read “Thinking Fast and Slow”. Read books that will help you understand. Read the bodyweight fitness reddit and incorporate it into your workouts. (how's them pullups coming?) Reading is the fucking warp whistle from Super Mario 3. It gets you to the next level that much faster.That’s about it my friend. There’s so much more when it comes to how to turn a few NonZero days into hugely NonZero days, but that’s not your mission right now. Your mission is NonZero and forgiveness and favours. You've got 36 essays due in 24 minutes and its impossible to pull off? Your past self let you down big time, but hey… I forgive you. Do as much as you can in those 24 minutes and then move on.P.S. Someone asked what is meant by "much more when it comes to how to turn a few *NonZero days into hugely NonZero days". The long and short of it is a simple truth, but it's tough to TOTALLY UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE. It's this: you become what you think. This doesn't mean if I think of a tree, I'll be oakin' it by august. It means that the WAY you think, the THINGS you think of, and the IDEAS YOU HOLD IN YOUR MIND defines the sum total that is the 3 you's. You procrastinate all the time and got fear and worry goin on for something? You are becoming a procrastinator. You keep thinking about how much you want to run that 5 k race in the spring and finish a champion? Are you keeping it in mind all the time? Is it something that is defining your ACTIONS and influencing you DECISIONS? If it is, then you're becoming the champion you're dreaming about. Dreaming about it makes it. Think and it shall be. But do not forget that action is thought's son. Thoughts without actions are nothing. Have faith in whatever it is you've steeled your mind to. Have faith and follow through with action.So, how does that help turn slightly NonZero days into HUGELY NonZero days? Do you believe all these words you just read??Does it makes sense to you that you BECOME WHAT YOU THINK OF? Ask yourself: What do I think of? When you get home and walk in the door. (How quickly did you turn that laptop on? Did turning it on make you closer to your dreams? What would?) At the bus stop or red light. On your lunch break. What direction are you focusing your intentions on?If you're like I was a few years ago, the answer was either No direction, or whatever caught my eye at the moment. But no stress, forgive yourself. You know the truth now. And knowing the truth means you can watch your habits, read books on how you think and act, and FINALLY start changing your behaviour. Heres an example: Feeling like bunk cause you had Zero Days or barely NonZero days? THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. and change just a little bit more in whatever positive direction you are choosing to go.