Ali Abdaal

That's useful to know rather than just sort of going fully on this path with, with any goals, whether it's a money goal or a career goal or anything.

That's useful to know rather than just sort of going fully on this path with, with any goals, whether it's a money goal or a career goal or anything.

I've been noticing this in my life on two specific instances. Number one is I bought a PS5 a few months ago because I was like, you know what? I can afford a PlayStation 5 at this point. Let me buy a games console. Like two days ago, it was like a Sunday and I had nothing to do all day other than I should probably write my email newsletter which I write on a Sunday. Cool, whatevs.

I've been noticing this in my life on two specific instances. Number one is I bought a PS5 a few months ago because I was like, you know what? I can afford a PlayStation 5 at this point. Let me buy a games console. Like two days ago, it was like a Sunday and I had nothing to do all day other than I should probably write my email newsletter which I write on a Sunday. Cool, whatevs.

I've been noticing this in my life on two specific instances. Number one is I bought a PS5 a few months ago because I was like, you know what? I can afford a PlayStation 5 at this point. Let me buy a games console. Like two days ago, it was like a Sunday and I had nothing to do all day other than I should probably write my email newsletter which I write on a Sunday. Cool, whatevs.

And initially my thought was like, okay, there's all this work I can do. I can, you know, I'm giving this talk at AdCon and I can prepare that. And I was like, well, why? I mean, I could just do that during the week. I've got enough time during the week. What if I just played PlayStation? I'm like, yeah, but there's all this work to do. I'm like, yeah, but what's the point of the work?

And initially my thought was like, okay, there's all this work I can do. I can, you know, I'm giving this talk at AdCon and I can prepare that. And I was like, well, why? I mean, I could just do that during the week. I've got enough time during the week. What if I just played PlayStation? I'm like, yeah, but there's all this work to do. I'm like, yeah, but what's the point of the work?

And initially my thought was like, okay, there's all this work I can do. I can, you know, I'm giving this talk at AdCon and I can prepare that. And I was like, well, why? I mean, I could just do that during the week. I've got enough time during the week. What if I just played PlayStation? I'm like, yeah, but there's all this work to do. I'm like, yeah, but what's the point of the work?

Is the point of the work not that I can feel sufficiently safe so that I can in fact play PlayStation on the fucking weekend? I was like, I could just play PlayStation right now. So I spent the whole day kind of like, I went to a cafe for breakfast, went for a walk around the park, sat down, played PlayStation, went to another cafe for lunch, sat down, played PlayStation. It was so glorious.

Is the point of the work not that I can feel sufficiently safe so that I can in fact play PlayStation on the fucking weekend? I was like, I could just play PlayStation right now. So I spent the whole day kind of like, I went to a cafe for breakfast, went for a walk around the park, sat down, played PlayStation, went to another cafe for lunch, sat down, played PlayStation. It was so glorious.

Is the point of the work not that I can feel sufficiently safe so that I can in fact play PlayStation on the fucking weekend? I was like, I could just play PlayStation right now. So I spent the whole day kind of like, I went to a cafe for breakfast, went for a walk around the park, sat down, played PlayStation, went to another cafe for lunch, sat down, played PlayStation. It was so glorious.

Yeah. Come on. The other one is like often I should send my email newsletter on a Sunday night or on a Sunday because I called it Sunday snippets like six years ago. And it gets to a Sunday night at like 10 p.m. And I'm like, well, I haven't finished the newsletter. I could just send it tomorrow. That's right. And no one will care. That's right.

Yeah. Come on. The other one is like often I should send my email newsletter on a Sunday night or on a Sunday because I called it Sunday snippets like six years ago. And it gets to a Sunday night at like 10 p.m. And I'm like, well, I haven't finished the newsletter. I could just send it tomorrow. That's right. And no one will care. That's right.

Yeah. Come on. The other one is like often I should send my email newsletter on a Sunday night or on a Sunday because I called it Sunday snippets like six years ago. And it gets to a Sunday night at like 10 p.m. And I'm like, well, I haven't finished the newsletter. I could just send it tomorrow. That's right. And no one will care. That's right.

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And it's like, well, it gets to 10 p.m. Will I be more grateful that I've had a better night's sleep or will I be more grateful that I sent my new fucking newsletter at 24 hours early? Yeah. No one cares. Yeah.

And it's like, well, it gets to 10 p.m. Will I be more grateful that I've had a better night's sleep or will I be more grateful that I sent my new fucking newsletter at 24 hours early? Yeah. No one cares. Yeah.

And it's like, well, it gets to 10 p.m. Will I be more grateful that I've had a better night's sleep or will I be more grateful that I sent my new fucking newsletter at 24 hours early? Yeah. No one cares. Yeah.