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“You track your life 24/7? That must be exhausting.”
This is what some of my haters think (among other unhinged things 😅).
But after doing it for 3.5 years and teaching hundreds of students how to do the same…
You’d be surprised how much it changes your life (for the better).
Today I’m sharing 3 tangible ways that tracking has changed me.
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“I wasted my day” to “fun memories”
Before tracking my wins + reflections:
Memory loss: I can’t remember what I did, I wasted the entire day
Feeling behind: Another week gone? I wasn’t productive, I’m falling behind
Life passing me by: Omg the month went by so fast
Feeling unaccomplished: I didn’t even do anything this year…
After:
“Completion” feeling: I feel so satisfied checking off my habits for the day, like my day is “complete” (my students mentioned feeling the same thing 🥰)
Celebrating wins: Wow I actually had a lot of wins this week, a lot of them aren’t work-related! I got to spend time with loved ones and had fun
Feeling accomplished: I did more than I realized this month! What a great month full of memories
Recognizing growth: Looking back on my highlight reel and learnings really shows how much I’ve grown, I’m so proud of myself
Scattered and distracted to focused
Before tracking my time:
Doomscroll central: “I’ll just check my DMs - wait how are 30 mins already gone??”
Procrastination: “I’ll do it later…” *later never happens*
Time blindness: “I have lots of time before getting ready - omg what I’m late again??”
After:
Intentional time: If I wanna scroll I have to change my timer to doomscroll time…okay maybe I have second thoughts now and I wanna do something else
Forced focus: I have my timer set to “writing newsletter” rn, if I get distracted doing something else I’ll be cheating the timer so I can’t
Time visibility: Hmm my top 3 most time spent activities last month were time with my partner, working on my business, and time with friends. Does this reflect my priorities and goals? Do I need to change the habits I track?
Fear of rejection to detached curiosity
Before tracking my business analytics:
Scared of rejection: If I get low views and the numbers are bad, it means I’m a failure and people don’t like me. I want to avoid all this by not posting at all
Delaying my dreams: What if people unfollow or unsubscribe when I share things I like? Why would they care? I should just stay quiet…
Feeling discouraged: How am I ever gonna make this work…it feels impossible, there’s so much work involved and I’m not even sure if I’ll succeed
After:
Led with curiosity: If I get low views, I wonder what’s happening? I’m excited to experiment and improve my content
Built my confidence: If people unfollow or unsubscribe, maybe my content just didn’t resonate - I wonder how I can attract more people who relate to me? I’m looking forward to building an aligned community
Feeling empowered: If I do the math, I just need X sales to make $Y, which means I can make Z videos if each video gets an average of 3,000 views. That sounds way more manageable, I have tons of video ideas I’m excited to work on
What you track = your reality
There are so many things that compete for your attention every day.
What you choose to pay attention to shapes your behaviour -
So if you track your wins instead of spiralling, your reality becomes a bit brighter.
Plus, the numbers always vibe check you 😅
You can no longer play mind tricks on yourself, believing you’re a failure, when the stuff you track shows otherwise.
If you’re interested in learning how, check out the life tracking course (payment plans available) 🫶
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Til next time,
Jennifer
