← Back
⚡ 55 words · 18 sec
PUBLIC
🐧 EVERYDAY LIFE⚡ 18 SEC

Doing it dailyish lasts longer than doing it every day 🌤️

A chubby crocheted amigurumi penguin pointing at a real paper desk calendar with hand-drawn check marks and one empty day
The Strict Rule

If you decide "every single day," you often give up on everything the moment you skip once.

Almost Daily

Burkeman suggests "dailyish": almost every day.

⚡ TRY IT
The 4-week race
Watch 4 weeks. Some days you will be tired. You can also tap "Skip today."
📏 Every day, no matter what
🙄 Forget it…
✓ Done: 0
🌤️ Dailyish
✓ Done: 0
Same person, same tired days. Only the rule is different.
📅 Days passed: 1/28
🌤️ Dailyish just keeps going after a skip. More ✓ in total! 🎉
Not Lazy

This is not being lazy. Once or twice a week does not build speed, so you still push yourself. But you do not force it.

More In Total

In the end, dailyish gets more done.

📚 I learned this from Oliver Burkeman's newsletter. Read the original (English)
← Back to all works