Brian Johnson walks through an exercise from Todd Henry's Die Empty where you imagine someone writing a mini-book about your ideal day. It reveals which behaviors build self-respect and which ones chip away at it, one action at a time.
Hi, this is Brian.
Welcome back to another micro class.
This one's on Today's the day. One of my favorite exercises on creating.
Your ideal day that I've ever read. It is inspired by die empty Todd Henry philosopher's note.
Check it out. Here's the deal. Oftentimes we're asked, oh, hey, you know, if today was your last day on earth, what would you do? And that's an interesting question, but it's not really that helpful. Todd tells us. Here's a much more interesting question to ask. Imagine if today was the day that someone's going to show up and they're going to watch you live your day. They're going to have a little notebook, a little pen in their hand, and they're going to observe every single thing.
That you do today.
Then they're going to take their notes, they're going to spend a few days and they're going to write a little mini book that's going to capture who you are. They're going to interpret every single thing.
That you did in that day from.
The moment you woke up until the moment you went to sleep. And they're going to say, well, that just must be who this person is. I'm going to write a book that's going to capture the essence of their life off of my experience watching them for this day.
That's amazing.
And it begs the question, alright, what.
Are you currently doing.
That you are proud of and that you'd like to.
Have in this book?
You'd like to see more of it. What are you not proud of? And in fact, if you saw, if this person saw you doing these things, you'd be a little embarrassed and you would be just disappointed that people would think that this was an example of your ultimate essence and what your life.
Was all about, Right?
So make this list. These are the things you'd like to do more of. You'd like to spend more time with your family, you'd like to take out of care of yourself.
You'd like to be present and attuned.
During your day, right? What are all these little things? Maybe you create some time blocks. You can really create masterpiece stuff that you'd be proud of.
And these are the things you're not.
Proud of and create your masterpiece day. This is a really cool way to get the elements that would be part of this type of day. Today is the day. Once we figure out this ideal, now is the time to live it. If we want to die empty, we've got to get serious about this. Stuff. Identify this, identify this, do more of this, less of this.
Not particularly complicated and you have a masterpiece day. Hope you enjoyed.
Hope you take some time to figure out what this looks like and then.
Imagine when you're going through your day.
And you're about ready to do something. Imagine being observed by this individual who's going to document you. And then remember the fact that you are always being observed. You always have this little person up here watching you.
And guess what?
That is you. As Abraham Maslow says, every single thing that we do registers in our unconscious and if you consistently do things that you're not proud of, that registers. It has an effect. And your self respect, your self esteem, your ability to get yourself to do.
The things you want to do in.
The future is diminished. We're either stepping forward into growth or back into safety and someone is always paying attention. So let's choose wisely. We don't need to be perfect, of course, but have fun dialing it in a little bit more day in and day out.
Hope you enjoyed. I look forward to sharing more with you soon. Have another awesome day.
See you.
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