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A Guide to Being in Action : zen habits
Committing to Possibility: Create Daily Structure
After you've identified and committed to your possibility, it’s important to bring structure into your daily schedule.
This can take many forms:
- Assign blocks for your meaningful tasks in your schedule
- Consider taking accountability buddies to make sure you stick to your plan
- Schedule daily sessions where you write for an hour
- Schedule video calls every day with your accountability buddies, where you do 2 hours of focused work on the call together
- Think of a consequence for not doing your commitment.
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