A hall pass is valuable in high school.

Not so much in real life.

In real life, you can end up punished. Spanked even.

Exercise, diet, meditation… writing, making art, building a new career… the things we say we want to do… the things we say that we commit to doing… often go off the rails when life gets in the way.

And then we give ourselves a pass.

Which is ok.

Except… life always gets in the way. There are always things that come up.

And… actually… life doesn’t get in the way.

Life is the way.

So “passes” tend to backfire…

When you’re in the habit of giving yourself a pass, you never really get the momentum you want (and deserve) in those things that matter most to you. And when you finally do get back to those things, you suffer needlessly.

Better to dial in your core practices and disciplines as non-negotiables… things you do no matter what. Better to create your life around those things that matter most, rather than looking for loopholes.

Because it’s the slow, steady, consistent steps over time that lead to that life you dream of.