Some people like having written down daily, weekly, or even monthly to-do lists.
Some of us have those to-do lists in our minds.
There are benefits to writing your to-do’s down on paper and getting them out of your head. When you put your to-do’s or problems down on paper, they magically get smaller because you can break them down more easily.
But that exercise is not the point of this post.
The point of this post is to teach you to develop an exercise that will change your mindset and also your life in the process.
I dare to call this exercise a superpower.
Let’s take a daily to-do list. Each of us wakes up in the morning and has a broad idea of what we have to do and what we want to do with the day we have in front of us.
The exercise I want you to do is to take the thing you least want to do from that daily list, do it first, with full energy and focus, and do it as best as you can.
Go all in first, full blast, on the thing you least want to do from your list: an awkward phone call, awkward conversation, boring chore, or leg day at the gym.
Your mind’s primordial objective is to keep you safe and comfortable.
Doing the things you dislike first from your list will put you out of your comfort zone and free yourself and your day.
Think about it.
Instead of going through the day with the chores you avoid in the back of your mind, hanging over your head like an executioner, you do those first, freeing yourself to enjoy the rest of the day, the rest of the week, and the rest of the month.
In that process, you also teach your mind who the boss is. You teach your mind to focus better on the job at hand and, not to mention, you gain confidence in yourself by showing yourself that you are not scared of the complex or boring things you have to do.
Procrastination becomes a distant memory.
Instead of running like a little girl from the hard and boring things in your life, you attack them like a responsible, disciplined adult.
Trust me, it is a superpower.
Now, this is an exercise, and like any exercise, it needs practice to develop.
Be patient with yourself and stick with it.
After a while, it becomes automated and addictive.
Addictions can also be a good thing as long as you are addicted to something beneficial to you, your future, and those around you.
Superpower.
With love, yours truly, Cristian.