Living Without Reset

I wrote earlier this year that I’d resume monthly challenges having to do with cutting things out. I’d done a few such experiments in past years, but in 2025 most of them had fallen away. Here it is November and I was messaging with Manu today that I’ve completely failed and am no longer happy with where my lack of doing without habits have led me. I pointlessly watch YouTube content at night before bed. I haven’t maintained my reading habit (mostly because I’d read before bed). I’ve reduced the tech in my life in minor ways (no more Apple Watch), but I’ve allowed things to creep back in that have no purpose. I’ve had soda less than 5 times this year, but why did I even have it once when I’d been on a streak since 12/24/24? I have no good reasons for any of these things, but I have reached a conclusion… If I allow myself any wiggle room, I fail. It isn’t because I’m a horrible person. It’s because I’m human and lack the amount of self discipline needed to stick with habits I know are…

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