I love this video by Mark Manson. You’ll see it again later in Module 5, but I wanted to place it here in the “Before You Start” section because one of the biggest things that keeps people stuck is where their time, attention, and energy are actually going.

Some of these distractions are obvious. Others are so normalized that we barely notice them anymore.

If you’re committing to this work, we need to first get honest about what currently has access to you. What are you spending your time on? What are you giving your mental energy to? And most importantly — is it actually aligned with the life you say you want to build?

Watch the video in full. Once you’re done, take out a piece of paper and honestly review your days and weeks. Look closely at where your time is going without judgment — just awareness. That awareness becomes the starting point for change.

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You have to put in the work. here is a super helpful video to make the most out of your time!

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The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s.[1] It uses a kitchen timer to break work into intervals, typically 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each interval is known as a pomodoro, from the Italian word for tomato, after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer Cirillo used as a university student

The Eisenhower Matrix, also referred to as Urgent-Important Matrix, helps you decide on and prioritize tasks by urgency and importance, sorting out less urgent and important tasks which you should either delegate or not do at all.

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Hey BYOG,

I wrote this blog about writing a letter to your future self because I genuinely think this is the simplest but powerful tool you can use during periods of transition, growth, healing, or change.

Before you move through this course, take a moment to write a letter to the future version of you.

What do you hope changes?

What do you hope you feel more of?

What habits are you hoping to build?

What version of yourself are you trying to become?

Maybe there’s something you need to forgive yourself for.

Maybe there’s something you need to stop avoiding.

Maybe you simply need to remind yourself that you are worthy of the life you want.

Growth is uncomfortable.

Awareness is uncomfortable.

Change is uncomfortable.

But discomfort is not always danger.

Sometimes it’s proof that something inside of you is shifting.

You can learn to fear discomfort, or you can learn to become familiar with it and lean into it with curiosity instead.

This process is cathartic, grounding, and surprisingly emotional in the best way.

Read the full blog below before starting.

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