READ THIS by September 1st!
Dead-Lines.
Deadlines.
I used to absolutely HATE them!
I’m not saying “I love” them now… No.
I’m not a NERD!
C’mon, I got a “rep, bro!” 😏
But, it’s different.
Why’s it different?
Because I’m the one GIVING MYSELF the deadline.
If you read last week’s newsletter, you know I wasn’t a big fan of school (I hated it!).
To me, deadlines always went hand-in-hand with:
School, Teachers and Shit I never wanted to do.
They gave me anxiety.
I was also an idiot.
I would give myself more anxiety.
I would wait 48 hours before something was due, pop a Ritalin, drink a ton of caffeine and work/study non-stop until the deadline.
After everything was done, I would have a mouth full of Canker Sores, be completely rundown and have an adorable resurrection of acne, like I was going through puberty again.
The whole experience was TERRIBLE and I made it much worse.
Recently in life, I’ve come to ‘like’ deadlines.
Self-imposed deadlines.
Without them, this Newsletter would never have started.
The Brand I’m about to launch would never have started.
….and many other things I’ve recently accomplished would never have started.
Deadlines are WEIRD.
Things just start to happen.
People that can help me achieve the deadline, show up.
A quote I love from one of my favourite books, The Alchemist:
"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
—The Alchemist, Paolo Coelho
When you know you’ve wanted to do something for a while (a hobby, business).
When you know you want to change something (a habit).
When you know…it’s time.
SET A DEADLINE.
Deadlines force you to focus.
…nothing gets done without focus.
I wrote about some tools that help me focus: HERE
It’s hard to start new things. It’s hard to start new habits. It’s hard to make changes.
If it’s something you know you want to do… but haven’t.
SET A DEADLINE.
They’re like magic.
They just work.
Abra Ca-fucking-dabra,
Jonny G.