Get Your Shit Together – Because hoping for the best is not a plan

I thought this article would be about a different topic, mainly how there’s a lot of people these days who feel infinite optimism must inevitably yield a positive result, and any hesitation means you will ultimately fail. People try to “manifest” the perfect life, or hope that a government will eventually ease their debts or burdens, or that inevitably crypto or other such Ponzi schemes must make them rich if they just hold long enough, or that faking success is necessary to attract real success.

For these people, I wish there was a clear way to get the message through: No one is coming. The universe, the government, crypto, massive sudden wealth; none of it is coming to save you and none of it even cares about you. You’re on your own here. Get your shit together.

Checked the longer checklist. Looks reasonable.

As a side note, one of the things I do and encourage people to do is not just take "vacation days," but "Get Your Life In Order" days. In my experience everyone knows vaguely they "ought" to do certain things like the stuff in that checklist, but they usually they don't. Sometimes it's because you have to call someone during business hours, or physically go to a place, or spend time sorting through a pile of papers to see just what's what.

I do this every now and then and just do the mundane stuff like shopping for insurance or figuring out if I can fix this problem or that around the house, and if not, scheduling someone to actually do it.

If you decide to do this, instead of doing it on a Friday, I typically try and do that on a Monday, which has an added benefit of skipping several status meetings, and letting me work on Friday which is typically lighter anyway.

"Hope ain't a tactic."

https://youtu.be/SJvNSL70q68?t=176