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๐ŸชžReframe the Belief

Designing Your LifeProcrastinators ยท Focus Recovery ยท 90-Min SprintMedium

for the one whose inner monologue keeps insisting "I'm behind"

Goal

Take one stuck belief and rewrite it into a frame you can act on this week.

Source principle

A stuck belief is a story you can rewrite; trade 'I'm behind' for 'I'm exactly where I am.' : from Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans.

The plan

  1. ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
    0:00-0:10
    Name the stuck belief. 'I'm behind in life.' Say it plain.
  2. โœ๏ธ
    0:10-0:25
    Write why it feels true. All the evidence. No editing.
  3. ๐Ÿ’ธ
    0:25-0:35
    Write what it costs you. What does believing it make you do or skip?
  4. ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ
    0:35-0:40
    Reread. Notice the story. You are not the story.
  5. ๐Ÿ”„
    0:40-0:55
    Draft 3 reframes. Different angles. Some will feel fake. Keep going.
  6. โœ…
    0:55-1:05
    Pick the reframe you can actually believe. Not the prettiest: the believable one.
  7. ๐Ÿ‘ฃ
    1:05-1:15
    Write one action that proves the reframe this week. Calendar it.
  8. ๐Ÿ“ข
    1:15-1:30
    Say the reframe out loud. Three times. Close the page.

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