🥱 I Wasted 5 Days of My Life

Hey friends,

Something unusual happened to me this December.

One Sunday I woke up and just… didn’t feel like doing anything. 

Not working on my business, not filming YouTube videos. Not even something actively recharging (like going for a walk).

I'm usually pumped for the day ahead. But this time my brain just said: Meh, why bother getting up?

If you’re a long-term Sunday Snippets reader, you know I like to apply the Reitoff Principle in these situations:

If there’s a day where I get home from work a little late and I’m feeling pretty tired, I’ll just write-off the evening and lounge on the sofa reading a book or getting through my backlog of Peter McKinnon and Matt D’Avella videos, completely guilt-free. - Sunday Snippets, May 2019

But this time I made a crucial mistake.

Instead of accepting the situation and devoting the next few days to Netflix, takeout, and light reading, I talked myself into ‘being productive’. I have a book to write. Videos to film. This business won’t run itself.

What that actually looked like was me slumped at my desk, wrapped in a blanket with a mug of tea, doing a bunch of pseudo work + watching random video essays. Which lasted for about 5 days, until I woke up on Thursday feeling back to normal and ready to take on the world.

But if I’d applied the Reitoff Principle from the beginning I’d probably have recovered in ~2 days, and had a much better time.

Moral of the story: give yourself a break on days when you know you won’t be productive.

Have a great week!

Ali xx