#018 - Creating my own passion

Daniel L

Aug 7, 2024 — 1 min read

Creating guardrails for my own projects has helped me get started and stay committed to making progress. Being deliberate about what I want to accomplish every day motivates me to make sure something gets done each day, no matter how large or small. When I have set goals in the past, they were often too lofty to gain any sort of momentum. For me, it's better to set attainable goals that can be done every day. There seems to be an unwritten rule of thumb that says it takes about 2 weeks to make or break a habit. Currently, I'm on week 2+ of this blog and week 1+ of my soccer guessing game. I feel a bit of momentum when it comes to these two projects. Every day, it's less of reminding myself I want to get these things done and more of wanting to get these things done, so it's a matter of making time for it.

Daily summary

Created a temporary random number generator so that each day a new club crest is shown. This is temporary since it will need to eventually be more sophisticated.

Investigated using the React Context API for storage of which club crest is current for the day. This could also be helpful in the future as the game grows.

#045 - Committing (and sticking to it)

An update on this blog. Initially I wanted to keep this as a pseudo diary to keep track of my journey through entrepreneurship. So far, I have written 44 entries. That is pretty good. It hasn't been everyday but it's been about 5 times a week.

#044 - Following up

In the past I have fallen into bad habits where I don't follow up or respond in (what I think) is a timely manner. Sometimes it's hard to stay on top of things due to life's responsibilities that seem to pile on. Creating systems

#043 - Go farther together

As my entrepreneurial career begins in earnest I am starting to gain clarity on what it means to me. I like the idea of being a solopreneur, but am starting to realize the importance of having like-minded people to work with. In the past 48 hours I have had two

#042 - Pick up the phone

I've always had trouble asking for help. For most of my life—both in school and at work—I spent too much time not asking for help when I could have really used it. Recently, I've been working on changing my mindset around this. Instead of

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#045 - Committing (and sticking to it)

#044 - Following up

#043 - Go farther together

#042 - Pick up the phone