Life Hacks:

The 2-Day Rule:

The idea behind the 2-day rule is simple:

Don’t skip any of your habits two days in a row.

Missing one day won’t sabotage your efforts to make your new habits stick — but if you miss two days, you’re likely to miss another. And for each one you miss, it’ll be harder to get back on track.

The 2-day rule gives you grace on bad days while also helping you bounce back quickly.

It might seem a little intense at first — but if you’re serious about your habits, it’ll keep you consistent and disciplined.

Sahil Bloom’s Most Powerful Life Hacks - a series:

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Confucius

The spirit of this quote rings true: We humans have a tendency to manufacture complexity. We make progress in our lives—personally or professionally—and decide that the best way to celebrate that progress is to sprinkle on a new bit of chaos.

It's a rather frustrating (and hilarious) species-wide trait:

We book the relaxing vacation, only to fill every moment of it with activities that leave us more drained at the end than we were at the beginning.

We get the promotion that will reduce our money stress, so we celebrate by buying the boat that is constantly in need of servicing and repairs.

We feel busy and stressed, so we cut something out of our lives, only to feel stressed about not feeling busy, so we add something back in.

We can all come together and laugh at our "complexification" of life. But after we have that good, hearty laugh, let's talk about ways to simplify it.

Here are some short, timeless insights for simplifying your world—"hacks" for your life, careers, relationships, health, money, and more...

Make a rule to never think twice about investments in yourself.

Books, quality food, fitness, and personal development fit this bucket. These investments pay dividends for a long time. 

Thinking about material purchases instead—wait 48 hours to complete an order to see if you still want it.

If you want to get better at anything, do it for 30 minutes per day for 30 straight days.

It's easy to over-engineer progress —a bit of dedicated effort each day is all you need. 900 minutes of accumulated effort is enough to make dramatic improvements at literally anything.

Learn one funny or good dance move that you can reliably bust out when you inevitably get pushed into the centre of a dance circle at a wedding or event.

Libby Deep Search:

Use the Libby smartphone app to read Kindle versions of books and listen to audiobooks. You just need a library card from your local library to activate your free account. If you have trouble finding a particular book, use the deep search function listed under “Filters” in the app. 

https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6260.htm