# My Deep Daily Questions

I ask myself difficult questions. And I think everybody should do the same.

To find your own deep questions, follow your discomfort. Repeatedly ask yourself until the questions lose their bite.

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## Hourly
- Listen to your body! Are you tired or unmotivated? How can you realign your inspiration and values? Who are you becoming?
- Only do core/creative work! Is there anything you can automate? Is there anything you can delegate?
- Are you reaching for the stars? Did you postpone all non-urgent and non-important tasks?

## Daily (Mornings)
- What am I avoiding? How can I break down my tasks into "mindless" ones?
- Where are am I fighting Nature? Where are am I embracing Nature?
- What can I do to find meaning today?
- How can I improve my serendipity?
- If I want to be happy and successful, what should I avoid?
- What am I afraid of? What can I do to tackle my fears directly?
- Where am I practicing "learned helplessness"? Where am I playing a victim? Where am I ceding my locus-of-control? Where am I making excuses?
- What am I doing mindlessly? What are you doing half-heartedly? How can I renew my passion? How can I commit?
- What tasks are repeatedly not getting done?
- What routines are being neglected?
- Where am I erroneously relying upon willpower rather than systems? How can I build zero-effort habits? Where am I telling myself "just try harder"?

## Daily (Afternoons)
- What am I wasting my life on? What's bullsh\*t? What's friction? How can I preserve wasted time/energy/money?
- Where am I extrinsically motivated? Where am I following "shoulds" instead of "musts"? Are you afraid of rocking boats? How can I forge my own paths?
- Do I need to book any vacations or "taycations" or seasonal retreats or therapeudic trips?
- Did I do my best to set clear goals today?
- Did I do my best to make progress towards my goals today?
- Did I do my best to find meaning today?
- Did I do my best to be happy today?
- Did I do my best to build positive relationships today?
- Did I do my best to be engaged today?
- Do I need to get anything off my chest? Do I need to write any essays?

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## Recommended Reading
- [_Tao Te Ching_](https://www.amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Laozi/dp/0060812451/ref=sr_1_15)
- [_How to Stop Worrying and Start Living_](https://www.amazon.com/How-Stop-Worrying-Start-Living/dp/0671035975/ref=sr_1_1)
- [_4-Hour Workweek_](https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357/ref=sr_1_1)
- [_Hell Yeah or No_](https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Yeah-No-whats-worth/dp/1988575117/ref=sr_1_1)
- [_Triggers_](https://www.amazon.com/Triggers-Creating-Behavior-Lasts-Becoming-Person/dp/0804141231/ref=sr_1_3)
- [_On the Shortness of Life_](https://www.amazon.com/Shortness-Life-Penguin-Great-Ideas/dp/0143036327/ref=sr_1_1)
- [Zero-effort habits](https://www.benkuhn.net/zero/)