Chasing Excellence
Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

Dial It Down, Don't Drop Out

Daily Chase #172

Dec 30, 2025
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Woman doing a push-up on a yoga mat indoors.
Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash

When life overwhelms you, the instinct is binary: either maintain your full routine or abandon it completely. All or nothing. Perfect or pointless.

This thinking destroys more progress than any external circumstance ever could.

The truth about sustainable habits is that they survive by shrinking, not by holding firm. When…

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