- What I’m Working On: The Two Day Rule
- Being goal-oriented, I will on occasion make public commitments to help keep myself accountable. Let’s just pick a random example, something like publishing a weekly blog every Thursday. And that’s great, just I’m also ambitious, and I sometimes overextend myself and miss a deadline. Let’s say allowing a Thursday to come and go without a post. Which makes me feel bad… like I failed myself and I failed you, my dear readers. So finally, in an effort to be more open and transparent, when such failures happen, I can share my experience and hopefully we can grow from them together!
- There’s this video on Matt D’Avella’s YouTube channel called the Two Day Rule where he explains a sustainable, hold yourself accountable strategy. In short, its “Consistency is the point – but sometimes you’ll miss a deadline, just don’t let two days go by where you don’t work on your goal.” So here I am, writing my Three Bullet Thursday on Friday!
- What I’m doing: Peak Bagging
- At 4:30am on Wednesday, May 26th, my friend Eli and I began hiking on a path that leads to the tallest point in the contiguous 48 states. The summit of Mount Whitney reaches 14,508 feet above sea level and since it sits at the junction of Inyo and Sequoia National Forests; the location is absolutely beautiful!
- This was an especially meaningful hike for me because back in 2016, while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, I walked right past Mount Whitney and made the very tough but necessary decision to forgo the climb. So with much joy and gratitude, I am happy to say that this week I made good on my promise to return and summit Mount Whitney!
- Quote I’m pondering: “Do or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Might as well go full meta with this post. While I was writing the first bullet, Microsoft word suggested I change the phrasing of “in an effort to be more open and transparent” and instead say “to be more open and transparent.” When I saw this, I laughed out loud. This app was calling me out on my BS. “Stop trying to be a certain way and just start being that way.” It’s a simple lesson, and a good one.
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Max very special climb! CONGRATULATIONS
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Thank you so much!!
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-Eli
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