Day 1 of My Year-Long Challenge To Improve 12 Different Habits

Scott H. Young
Mind Cafe
Published in
8 min readOct 2, 2024

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My goal in the next 12 months is to work on twelve essential foundations — drawing on the best expert advice, clever behavioral science to maximize adherence and patient follow-through. Those foundations are:

  1. M1: Fitness
  2. M2: Productivity
  3. M3: Money
  4. M4: Food
  5. M5: Reading
  6. M6: Outreach
  7. M7: Sleep
  8. M8: Reflection
  9. M9: Connection
  10. M10: Focus
  11. M11: Organization
  12. M12: Service

Fitness is the first foundation I’m addressing in my year-long project to improve those things that are essential to thriving as a human being.

Exercise isn’t something we evolved to do. We’re hardwired to avoid unnecessary effort. For the vast majority of our species’ existence, simply living was exertion enough to keep our bodies functioning well. Today, though, my livelihood doesn’t depend on hunting gazelle or tilling a field. I make my living typing on a computer most of the day.

As a result, I need to exercise.

The benefits of exercise are overwhelming. It boosts your mood, mind and mobility. It…

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Scott H. Young
Mind Cafe

Author of WSJ best selling book: Ultralearning www.scotthyoung.com | Twitter: @scotthyoung