The resolution that changed my year

I’m not an organized person.

With as many things as I’m constantly juggling, you would think that I’d have to have my schedule pretty dialed.

The truth is, I’ve always felt an aversion to scheduling myself because it reminds me of school. And I hated school.

But after setting a goal this year, and successfully tracking it, to complete at least 100 sessions of jiujitsu, I’ve realized that this lack of organization has severely crippled my potential.

If I hadn’t set that goal this year and logged every single session, there’s no way I would have completed it.

Knowing at different times throughout the year that based on the pace I was at I would fall short of my goal allowed me to increase my volume and get back on track.

It happened several times. And each time I adjusted course and eventually hit 100 just last week, a few weeks ahead of the new year.

I’ve been thinking about how applying these same principles would impact other aspects of my projects.

Pieces of content, Fight Lab students, YouTube videos. By the end of next year I’ll be miles ahead if I continue this habit of tracking progress and adjusting my actions as I go.

So why am I telling you this?

It’s a reminder that it’s never too late to adopt a new habit, even an obvious one, that can seriously change the course of your life. And it’s often the simplest things we’ve been resisting that move the needle most.

We don’t have to set outlandish goals to make a meaningful change in our lives. We just have to start.

I hope this helps,

Caleb