A short personal-reflection video by James Laughlin offering a daily 30-minute practice to manage mental "noise." The speaker outlines a three-question framework—"What? So what? Now what?"—to surface free-flowing thoughts, interpret their meaning, and translate them into action. Under "Now what" he recommends a 1–2–3 prioritization: one main priority, two essential/urgent tasks, and three maintenance items for the day.
This is what I think works every day. I now think of it as the power. Half an hour, you're answering three overarching questions. What so what now? What? What is going on in my life? That's the free flowing part. There's no order to this, really. It's just what is the noise in my head? Step two is so what and the so what. That's the hardest thing for people to do in this process, but I love it the most. It's what's the news? Does it mean? What is all of, what are all these updates and noise and everything? What does it mean? And then the now what? And a very particular structure under now what is called the 1, 2, 3 method. You identify one priority for the day, two things that are essential and urgent, and three things that are maintenance items.
