During the call last week, I shared how before creating my To Do list for the next day, I first make a Done list for the current day. I do this at the end of each day, it is non-negotiable. If I don't, I will find myself mentally creating a list, which reminds me to go write it down before going to bed. I've attached a week's worth as an example. I started it as a way to stay focused, (Focus is my word for this year) and to track what was completed to facilitate invoicing, but have noticed other benefits. The biggest one is that it brings me back to the Gain. Writing out my Done list each day carves out time to reflect on the Gain. Reviewing the lists each Friday before planning the next week puts me in a Gain frame of mind. Even when I don't complete much of my To Do list, comparing it to the Done list give insights that have helped me improve my focus. A common mistake is writing a multi-day project as if it is a task. I have gotten better at making sure I only write tasks in my daily To Do list. When I only accomplish part of the task, I include the actual task completed in my Done list. Another insight is that I need to under schedule my days if I want to have any hope of completing the list, because stuff always comes up. That is why the Done list often includes items that were not on the prior To Do list. Priorities will change throughout the day, but the top priority is least likely to change. Do it first. Staying focused is easier with shorter lists, 3 items is best but hard to do. More than that is OK if they are small, but then I need to prioritize them so that I stay focused. Otherwise I find myself switching back and forth every time I get distracted.

Hi friends, I hope all is well. I'm not going to be able to make the call today, and I couldn't make last week's either (it's evening time for me, so it's hit-or-miss). But I just wanted to share some small wins: things are on track for me after moving house and relocating to another country. I've found an excellent office workspace that I've signed up for for 6 months. And I've found a great gym, which I'm about to sign up for for one year. Just focusing on getting the right systems and environments in place so everything's good to go over this quarter. Still emotionally rough going, but taking the lead in getting things in place and going all-in on building a better future. I'm also going to end this week with one action (leveraging AI) that makes the previous week's system obsolete, at least in principle. I guess that's an ideal way to end each week: take an action and achieve a result your previous self hadn't done before or wouldn't have had in their system and workflow. Sitting with some resistance, so it's helpful to write here. Does anyone else have anything similar?

Sometimes, like clockwork, I feel restless around the full moon. I grew up in a Buddhist country, where every full moon is a national holiday (yup, don't ask me how the economy works–our tiny island has one of the highest numbers of holidays in the world: 25 public holidays). But regardless of whether I may be restless for a holiday or not, I find that the full moon–the lead-up to it–is a great time to release and let go of things that have built up. Recently, I've been noticing rituals for releasing and, in turn, making space for things to manifest. Ironically, letting go of what you want can be the way to make it happen. There are a couple of somatic techniques that may be therapeutic and cathartic. I started practising one of them last week. This involves writing down everything on my mind on a sheet of paper, or more, and then burning it. Another method, which may be Native American, is to write something down, tie it to a rock, and then let it sink in a river, lake, or other natural body of water. I've yet to see the effects, but I find it relieving to have a transient space where I can write down what's weighing on me most, and then release it through a process that acknowledges it and makes room for its solution. Just thought I’d share that. It’s a new practice for me, and it’s been nice to engage with the elements.

So I created a new Dr Hardy Rapid Transformation Coach. I was fiddling around with Custom GPTs and decided to make one based solely on the Q4 Intensive transcripts and reflection/review prompts. When used in tandem with Marcel's, you should really have your bases covered. Do try it and let me know what you think. I'd love some pointers on conversation starters. This is the link: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-69eb75841d7481919812a0963f09a252-rapid-transformation-coach I've also attached the reflection/review prompts for reference. I print these out and keep them on hand on a weekly basis. I arranged the document by the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday trainings and calls we had.