Daily Checklist For a Good Life
Dear Collective,
This week, let’s focus on a daily checklist for sanity and progress: I woke up. I tried hard. I enjoy the journey.
Every day you open your eyes is a brand new opportunity to engage with what matters. Sometimes, major setbacks hit—the unexpected job loss, a personal crisis, or just a string of terrible days. In those moments, it’s easy to feel sad, upset, and bothered by all of it.
But that’s where the power of choice comes in. Just because a hard thing happened doesn't mean it’s inherently a bad thing. You have the ability to look at that event and say, "This thing happened, and now it’s my choice to go out there and enjoy the journey." That frame of mind turns a setback into a perspective shift: new job opportunities emerge, forgotten projects—like writing that book or diving deeper into the Collective—suddenly become priorities. It’s not things are happening to you, they may be happening for you.
We often rely on sheer discipline to get us to certain levels, especially in fitness or dieting. But discipline is hard to sustain if you hate the process. If you wake up every single day and are miserable, you will eventually quit.
Enjoyment is the fuel that keeps you coming back. We naturally gravitate toward the things that give us some sense of pleasure or fulfillment. When you choose to find the enjoyment in the difficult process—when you appreciate the simple fact that you showed up and tried your best—you create an opportunity to come back the next day. This is the difference between forcing compliance and building genuine adherence.
The WTCF Checklist
This week, apply this checklist to your life and your workouts:
I Woke Up: I chose to get out of bed and face the day.
I Tried Hard: I gave the effort required for me, right now, today.
I Enjoy the Journey: I refuse to let the anticipation of the outcome steal the fulfillment of the present moment.
Stop obsessing over the finish line. Embrace the process. Get up, put in the work, and find the enjoyment in the time you have here.
With Strength and Community, Charlie