To build habits: Measure first. Optimize later.
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  • 25 Dec, 2025 *

Millions of people start their self-improvement journey by setting strict goals and downloading habit trackers. But nearly all of them eventually quit. Why? Because Goal Setting is fragile. It demands you to be right about what you need to do from Day 1. It reduces your complex life into a binary ‘Yes/No’ checkbox. If you miss a day, you break the chain, feel defeated, and stop. We are trying to optimize our lives without understanding our baseline. You cannot debug code without logs, and you cannot improve your life without variables. Current tools…

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