👋 Chasers,
As I mentioned in yesterday’s episode (Chase Club | Apple Pods | Spotify | YouTube), I’m inviting you to join me in a 21-Day Happiness Challenge. It’s kicking off on Monday.
The short version: for 21 days, we’re going to practice noticing the abundance that’s already here — not by chasing more, but by seeing what’s already good, including the enormous, invisible list of bad things that simply aren’t in your life right now.
It’s one short practice per day, just a few minutes of attention, all of it built around five interlocking pillars:
🙏 Gratitude Practice — actively recognizing what’s good
🔄 Perspective Shifting — moving from lack to abundance thinking
👁️ Present Awareness — noticing the moment you’re actually in
🌱 Contentment Building — finding satisfaction in current circumstances
🤝 Connection & Sharing — happiness through people
The goal is to train your attention to see what’s already good — including all the bad things that are quietly, wonderfully absent from your life right now.
How to join me:
Option 1 — Inside the ChaseTracker app
I’ve recently rebuilt the app to put challenges like this one front and center. (More about that in a recent episode.)
Once you get in there, head to the new Challenge Hub, tap “Count Me In,” and each day’s task will show up right on your dashboard — right where you log your key actions.
Not using the ChaseTracker app yet? This challenge is a great reason to get started! Learn more and start your free trial here.
Option 2 — DIY with the full 21 days
All 21 days of content are below. No app required. Grab a notebook, your notes app, a sticky note — whatever works — and just show up each day with the day’s task.
Option 3 — The Simplified version
Don’t want to track all 21 prompts? No problem!
Here’s the version I talked about in the episode: Every evening for 21 days, just ask and answer one question: What’s something I don’t want that I don’t have?
That’s it. A notebook. One question. 21 days. (You’d be surprised how powerful asking yourself the same question on repeat is — you’ll force your mind to find real answers by first getting it to run through the full list of easy answers.)
And remember: Join me on Fridays for the Chase Club Chat Club.
Each Friday throughout the challenge, I’ll be dropping into the chat with something extra — a resource, a reflection, a conversation starter related to that week’s theme.
It’s the best place to share how things are going, ask questions, and connect with everyone else doing this alongside you.
If you don’t already have it, download the Substack app here — that’s where all the Chase Club Chat Club conversations happen.
Alright — the full 21 days are below. Save this email. Use it whenever and however you need it.
Let’s go.
🤙 Patrick
THE 21-DAY HAPPINESS CHALLENGE
Happiness is often misunderstood. We spend most of our energy focused on what we want but don’t have — and almost no time recognizing the enormous number of things we don’t want and don’t have. This challenge doesn’t ask you to manufacture gratitude. It asks you to notice what’s already here — the good that’s present, and the bad that’s quietly absent.
⚡ WEEK 1: AWARENESS
This week, the goal is to start noticing where your attention actually lives.
Day 1 — Gratitude Practice
Write down 5 things you don’t want that you don’t have. Not what you’re grateful to have — what you’re grateful to be without. Illness. Conflict. Financial ruin. Loneliness. Loss.
Why this matters: Most gratitude practices focus on what you have. This one focuses on what’s absent. The list of bad things that aren’t in your life right now is long — and almost completely invisible. Making it visible changes things.