A speaker shares how a hike with his 3-year-old son, Locke, taught him that curiosity transforms daily planning from tedious into momentum-building. Small tasks and journaling doodles matter when they connect to bigger goals.
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Most people think that daily planning is boring, and I used to think that too. There are still days like this one where I still kind of think that's boring. But last week I took my son Locke, he's 3 years old, on a hike in North Carolina. The big kids ran ahead and Locke and I had barely made it 100 yards because he kept stopping at every stick, every rock, every bug on the trail. And he's 3, that makes sense. But it wasn't because he was bored, it's because he was fascinated with all those things. And I realized that's exactly what I'd lost with my daily planning. I was treating it like a chore, something to get me through the day so I could focus on the big stuff: the book, the launch, the goal at the top of the mountain. But these little things, these boring things, the daily plan, the journal entry, even like these silly little doodles that I would put in the margins, those are distractions from the big goal. They're what builds momentum toward it. And when I kept rushing past them, I was missing the point of the journey entirely. So now I treat my daily planning like Locke treats that hike. I notice what I'm paying attention to. I write more. I make it a little more interesting with those doodles. Because when boring things stop being boring, the big things get a lot more easy and interesting. So let me know in the comments, what is one boring thing that you could approach with more curiosity this week? I'd love to hear from you.
