Monthly review: June 2021
What all I accomplished this month and my intentions for the month ahead.
Hey Everyone!
Earlier this newsletter was called “ChoubeySahab Weekly” but the funny part was that I never wrote that weekly newsletter. Weekly feels too frequent for a personal updates newsletter and I don’t like doing anything on weekends. It’s not that I’m not making progress every week, but reporting it week on week might not be of interest to my subscribers. So now I’m making the shift to monthly.
I’ll write this newsletter at the end of every month telling you all what I achieved that month and my intentions for the next month.
Let’s talk about June for a bit.
This was a month of restructuring for me. I rethought everything I was doing and if that’s something I should be doing or can I do something more important.
As a result of which, I stopped posting my blogs and vlogs on Instagram. I had been doing that every day for a couple of years. Now I thought if someone wants to read my daily blogs they can simply visit my blog and read. And if someone wants to watch my daily vlogs they can simply subscribe to my youtube and watch.
I also started waking up early again, at 4. The first thing I do after getting up is reading, as I don’t feel like leaving my bed right away. I’m currently reading “The Psychology of Money”, “Unsexy Business” and “The Billionaire Raj”.
After reading for about 20-30 mins, I write my blog for the day and publish it. I also share a screenshot of it on my twitter.
After reading and writing my blog, if I still don’t feel like leaving my bed, I’ll open my laptop and do the most difficult task for the day. Getting that difficult task done early is a big stress saver. Once that is done, I leave my bed, brush my teeth and take shower. Then starts my extensive morning routine.
All that’s about the changes I’ve made on how I start my day. This is critical as it sets the tone for the rest of the day.
Another conscious decision I’ve made is to build credibility, an advice given to me by Jordan (someone I look up to a lot).
But how will I build credibility?
By building something really valuable that I can slap my name on. That can be a product or something that establishes that I really know what I do.
Earlier I was focusing more on building leverage, but Jordan pointed out that I should first focus on building some credibility and then build leverage. Here’s the tweet he made immediately after my call with him.
I also had the pleasure of talking to Alex West, he’s such a cool guy. I loved the way he talked to me, straight to the face like a brother talking to a brother. He advised me to learn no-code and start shipping products with it. I’ve taken his advice and presently learning to build with bubble.io. Expect some dope products from me very soon!
Besides, I’ve started paying more attention to my health and fitness this month. I had Coronavirus the past month and that impacted my already not-so-good health. I’ve decided to change that now. I’ve started eating better and working out every day.
Intentions for July 2021
For July my goal is to be laser-focused on my goals -
Do great at my job
Learn no-code and ship at least 1 product in July
Stay disciplined and centered
Get fit and healthy
I’ll see you the next month with reports on each of the above goals. I hope the coming month is great for you!
Prashant