The Hard Truth about "Quick" Self-Improvement

Abraham Lincoln said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four hours sharpening the axe”.

When I started self-improvement, I was confused as fuck.

The first thing that I did was to watch a marathon of motivational videos and movies to get that fire. But, it was all external motivation.

It’s like firing a piece of paper. It will give you the light but not for long.

You want the real fire, ignite something inside you.

This is what I would suggest you to do if you really want to improve in a month.

I don't want you to work insane, I don't want you to uninstall social media, neither I want you to wake up at 4 a.m.

All I want you to do is focus on the sky instead of clouds, focus on the screen instead of movies. In other words, focus on the real you instead of squeezed, stretched and confused you.

Basically, focus on reality instead of an extension of reality.

To find real you, you don't need a five-step action plan or a self-help guru.

You need You!

Out of 30 days, isolate yourself from every external motivation and go on a road trip of how your mind works.

Understand every past action of yours. Study yourself as if you are a Ph.D. student writing a final year thesis on yourself.

Write down everything. If sex is the problem, write it. If smoking is the problem, write it.

Prepare a detailed report of yourself.

The thing is you already know what is good and what is bad. Every one of us knows waking up early, sleeping early, eating clean, meditation, working out, digital detox, etc. sounds sweet to our soul.

But we find it hard to do it.

The reason is simple, you really haven't worked on the axe before chopping the tree.