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Start each day at zero, and everything you do is a bonus 💰

A chubby felted wool penguin holding a small brass coin bank, smiling on a sunny pastel table
Morning Debt

Every morning, we often start the day with a debt of "I have to do it." So, however hard we work, we feel, "It is still not enough."

No Such Debt

But that invisible debt does not exist in the first place.

⚡ TRY IT
Your balance today
🏦 Today's balance
−+0
First, pick how you start the day.
😰 −100 before you even get up.
😥 Still not enough… (but you did a lot!)
😩 You did everything, and it is still red.
😊 0. Nothing is missing. So, what did you do?
🎉 In the black! Everything is a bonus.
💡 Switch the start. The day is the same, only the color changes.
Start At Zero

If you start at zero, everything you do is a plus.

Easy Plus

Make coffee, +1. Reply to 1 email, +1. That is already +2.

📚 I learned this from Oliver Burkeman's newsletter. Read the original (English)
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