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I Went Full Monk Mode (for 28 Days), and Here’s What Happened Next
The goal was to emerge with lifelong habits to sustain a healthy, centered version of myself.
The clock struck midnight…and I realized I was living a lie. The deafening silence woke me up at midnight. I stared blankly at my computer screen, bleary-eyed and numb, struggling to string sentences together.
The 10th content piece I was churning out that week…or was it the 11th? The days had become a blur.
When did eating become chomping down tasteless protein bars between typing furiously? When did rest become splashing cold water on my face to fight exhaustion after pulling my 8th all-nighter that month?
I had become a machine — relentlessly optimizing and pushing every ounce of productivity out of my body in the name of career success.
The previous year, I focused too much on writing on Medium, working with multiple companies as a content writer, building websites for companies, building a startup, selling digital products, starting a newsletter, and even a YouTube channel.
In that time period, I kept scrolling on Twitter and LinkedIn, watching insane YouTube videos, and diverging too much that my brain couldn’t handle.
