Start where inertia grips you most. Name one discomfort aligned with your values, then shrink it until it feels almost laughably easy: two minutes of deep work, one candid check-in, one cold email. Anchor it to a trigger you already do (after coffee, before closing your laptop), and celebrate completion to reinforce the loop. Protect a small window for experiments—five minutes of “safe-to-fail” tinkering—then log what you learn. Recruit one ally, since shared commitments compound resolve. Finally, ask daily: what tiny action moves me from comfort to meaning? As these micro-acts accumulate, they redraw the boundaries of your normal. The future does not erupt fully formed; it sprouts from today’s smallest, intentional disobedience. [...]
