Ali moves his guitar to where he can see it after reading Atomic Habits, and practising becomes easy
story · status: told 5× · last event: retold (2023-12-24) · owner: Ali
About: Atomic Habits, James Clear, friction
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-29 | told | Ali keeps his guitar next to the couch, so on a break the easiest thing is to practise scales instead of scrolling Instagram, which serves his goal of busking. | Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive 01:32:45 |
| 2020-05-10 | retold | Because a piano and a guitar sit right next to his desk, Ali's default procrastination when he cannot be bothered to work or film is playing them. | Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results - Atomic Habits by James Clear 00:08:44 |
| 2020-06-17 | retold | His guitar used to stand across the living room, which Ali found too much friction; after rereading Atomic Habits for his Book Club video, he keeps it leaning on the sofa. | How To Boost Productivity Without Apps 00:02:55 |
| 2021-07-28 | retold | Ali practises the guitar around ten times more when it is right next to him on the sofa than when it is in another room. | How I Created a $3 Million Business Part Time 00:03:28 |
| 2023-12-24 (happened 2018) | retold | Ali retells moving his guitar after reading James Clear's Atomic Habits: this time it goes from behind the bookshelf to the middle of the living room, and picking it up becomes dramatically easier (in the 2020 telling it moved from across the living room to lean on the sofa after he reread the book). | The importance of shaping your environment 🤔 00:00:00 |
What is said about it
9 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2020-06-17 · How To Boost Productivity Without Apps — Ali: Moving the guitar's default position to the sofa, a slight reduction of friction, has meant Ali has practised guitar for about half an hour a day in the weeks since. — 00:03:24
- 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali: In Cambridge, where busking needs no licence, Ali and friends busked two or three times in medical school with a guitar and amp, raising money for the local homeless shelter; he has not since starting work. — 01:33:22
- 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali: Busking on the London Underground, which needs an audition and a licence, is on Ali's bucket list: he wants to get good at guitar and singing, perform there and maybe film it. — 01:33:50
- 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali's bucket list includes making a magic show and performing it at the Edinburgh Fringe. — 01:34:38
- 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali also wants to learn archery and become a Gymshark athlete. — 01:35:00
- 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali likes the idea of asking on Instagram for someone anywhere in the world to host him for a week, then visiting them and making a video. — 01:35:00
- 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — recommendation: Noah Kagan: Noah sets goals in one-year segments and makes each year's goals a bucket list, in five categories: work, workout, living, personal and travel. — 01:35:41
- 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — recommendation: Noah Kagan: Noah reads his goals every day and says to keep them in view in as many places as possible, such as on the mirror. — 01:37:26
- 2020-05-10 · Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results - Atomic Habits by James Clear — James Clear (quoted): James Clear says short bursts of dopamine from a McDonald's drive-thru or scrolling Instagram reinforce bad habits, so good habits need some immediate gratification attached. — 00:09:13