https://letsgetbetterlife.com/ Small, steady improvements to ordinary life. Essays on habits, focus, learning, money and work. en https://letsgetbetterlife.com/restarting-a-dropped-habit/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/restarting-a-dropped-habit/ What a few weeks away from a habit actually costs, why the story you tell about the gap matters most, and how to restart at half size. habits Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/two-good-hours/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/two-good-hours/ Why two protected hours a day outperform the fully optimized schedule, which window to choose, and how to keep the habit alive through messy weeks. focus Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/recall-vs-rereading/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/recall-vs-rereading/ Why rereading feels productive but fades within days, why recall feels harder but holds, and how to divide an hour of study between them. learning Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/small-recurring-costs/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/small-recurring-costs/ Why recurring charges quietly outspend big purchases, how they escape scrutiny, and a one-evening audit plus standing rules to contain them. money Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/asking-for-feedback/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/asking-for-feedback/ How to get feedback specific enough to act on: small anchored questions, good timing, calm receiving, sorting signal from taste, and closing the loop. work Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/evening-routines/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/evening-routines/ Why morning routines depend on the night before, and how a short evening routine of staging, shutdown notes, and lower light makes them hold. habits Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/attention-residue/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/attention-residue/ What happens to your attention when you switch tasks, why the real cost never shows up in the books, and what makes necessary switches cleaner. focus Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/budgeting-systems-compared/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/budgeting-systems-compared/ How envelope, zero-based, and pay-yourself-first budgeting differ in what they demand, and how to match a system to your temperament. money Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/first-90-days/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/first-90-days/ What the first three months in a new job should actually accomplish: an accurate map of the place, trust built in small pieces, and clear calibration. work Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/teach-to-learn/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/teach-to-learn/ Why a topic that survives weeks of study falls apart two sentences into an explanation, and why the attempt should come before you feel ready. learning Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/how-long-habits-take/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/how-long-habits-take/ Why the 21-day figure is folklore, what an honest timeline for a new habit looks like, and how planning around a range beats planning around a deadline. habits Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/one-thing-at-a-time/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/one-thing-at-a-time/ What a week of genuinely doing one thing at a time changes: the restless first days, the finishing that begins midweek, and what it reveals about your list. focus Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/forty-eight-hour-rule/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/forty-eight-hour-rule/ How a two-day pause between wanting something and buying it changes what you end up owning, and the small habits that keep the rule running. money Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/remote-work-discipline/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/remote-work-discipline/ Remote work usually fails through seepage rather than distraction. Five practical boundaries, why each one holds, and how to restore them after a bad week. work Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/spaced-repetition/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/spaced-repetition/ How spacing reviews just before a memory fades keeps knowledge available, what belongs in a rotation, and how to run the whole thing on paper. learning Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/tracking-without-an-app/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/tracking-without-an-app/ Why digital habit trackers get abandoned around week three, what a paper page does better, and how to build one you will still be marking a month from now. habits Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/planning-a-realistic-week/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/planning-a-realistic-week/ Weekly plans collapse midweek because they are sized for hours that do not exist. An honest capacity count, real slack, and a ranked order change that. focus Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/impulse-spending/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/impulse-spending/ A close look at the minutes around an impulse purchase, why the object changes on the way home, and the small interruptions that reliably work. money Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/managing-up/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/managing-up/ What managing up means in practice: reading the pressures your manager works under, supplying information early, and disagreeing in a way that lands. work Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/note-systems/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/note-systems/ Four ways of keeping notes weighed by what they cost to maintain and what they give back, and how to tell a working system from an absorbing hobby. learning Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/habit-stacking/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/habit-stacking/ How attaching a new behavior to an established one works, what makes an anchor dependable, and why the added habit has to stay small to hold. habits Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/saying-no/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/saying-no/ Declining well is mostly a matter of timing, plain language, and knowing what your no is protecting. Four principles, and what none of them can fix. focus Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/where-money-goes/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/where-money-goes/ A plain method for reading one month of your own spending: what to gather, how to label it, and how to read the totals without turning it into a verdict. money Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/cv-that-gets-read/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/cv-that-gets-read/ How to arrange a CV so a hurried reader finds the point: the top third, evidence ordered by strength, entries that show results, and quiet formatting. work Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/adult-skill-limited-time/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/adult-skill-limited-time/ How a few honest hours a week can still build a real skill: narrowing the target, shaping short sessions, and finding correction without a coach. learning Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/morning-after-bad-night/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/morning-after-bad-night/ Why routines built by your rested self collapse on a short night, and how a tiered version with a written floor keeps the morning from unraveling. habits Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/unmanageable-todo-list/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/unmanageable-todo-list/ When a task list grows past the point of being read, the repair is not careful sorting. Close it, keep it retrievable, and rebuild from three items. focus Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/automating-savings/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/automating-savings/ How a scheduled transfer removes saving from the list of monthly decisions, how to size and time it, and what keeps the arrangement running. money Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/asking-for-responsibility/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/asking-for-responsibility/ Why bigger work tends to go to people who said they wanted it, how to name a specific piece rather than a vague promotion, and how to make the yes easy. work Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://letsgetbetterlife.com/retain-what-you-read/ https://letsgetbetterlife.com/retain-what-you-read/ Why a finished book fades within weeks, what to do while reading, what the half hour after the last page is for, and how to return without rereading. learning Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT