Stuck on a 15 minute daily habit for 6 months, then a cashier at the grocery store just said something that clicked

I was standing in line at the Kroger on Elm Street last Tuesday, and the cashier noticed my bullet journal peeking out of my bag and asked if it was a 'brain dump book'. Instead of just saying yes, she told me she uses a single dot to mark days she even opens her journal, no pressure to write more. Has anyone else had a total stranger give them a simpler way to think about their system?

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lee.drew9d ago

Does it ever feel like the BEST advice always comes from someone who doesn't even know they're giving it? I think that's because strangers don't carry any of our baggage about what a habit "should" look like, so they just point out what already works for them. It's a good reminder that most of the complicated rules we make up are just noise getting in the way of actually doing the thing.

cora8639d ago

Yeah but have you ever gotten life-changing advice from a drunk guy at a bar who was mostly just trying to get you to buy him another beer?