What Your 100% Actually Looks Like
Day 69 - 75 / 1000
Some days your 100% barely gets you to the shower.
You drag through it, you miss something you promised yourself, and you start questioning the whole thing.
This week is about those days, and why getting through them counts as a win.
Here is what has been on my mind this week:
Simple pleasures
The missed day
The task
Framing the situation
Time alone
1. Simple Pleasures
What are your simple pleasures?
I spent 12 hours on the train recently traveling.
I barely slept during the night, so I was horribly tired the entire day.
My eyes were swollen and dry.
Even reading was tough.
Nothing could keep me properly alive that day.
The only thing I wanted was a shower, and the feeling after, when the day is finally over.
I believe you know days like these too.
They are draining.
On days like these, it’s normal that your 100% looks completely different from someone else’s.
I think it’s important to find simple pleasures that help you wind down and relax.
My simple pleasure that day was the moment I turned on my PlayStation to watch a movie.
Instead of a movie, I quickly scanned the game store and found out that a game I’d wanted for a long time was on sale.
That simple thing made my day. It gave me the last piece of energy to finish a draining day on a high note.
Which brings me to my point.
We are often driven, and sometimes even overwhelmed, by achieving more, without acknowledging the simple pleasures that give us the energy to continue on our journey.
It takes active effort and attention to focus on these things daily, not just once in a while.
For me, this was a little reminder that I should look for these simple pleasures more often, to celebrate my progress every day.
You don’t hit a big milestone every day.
To be honest, big milestones are rare.
If you celebrate only the big things, you miss the joy that can be created every day.
It’s not about being satisfied with less. It’s the exact opposite.
It’s about being thankful to yourself for every day you managed to get through.
Nothing is promised to anyone. Not to you, not to me.
Life can change fast, so why not celebrate each day as a victory and find those simple pleasures more often to make this journey more enjoyable for yourself and those around you?
What are the simple pleasures that help you bring joy into daily life?
2. The Missed Day
How do you recover from failure?
Yesterday was the first, and hopefully the last, day I missed my 100 words.
It struck me today, in the middle of everything, that with the speed of the last few days, the traveling, the running around, I was so occupied yesterday that I forgot to write.
For a moment, it felt like failure.
I had promised myself that no matter what, I’d never miss a day of writing.
The feeling was overwhelming. Even hard to process.
What helped me overcome that momentary paralysis was reminding myself that I’m still just human. If it happens only once, and never twice in a row, it’s still acceptable.
It would be much worse to sacrifice the whole journey just because of one missed day.
This too is a lesson for the future.
It’s not about avoiding failure at all costs. It is about learning how to process these moments and still move forward.
Because you know what?
These moments are inevitable in life.
3. The Task
How hard is it to focus when there’s noise everywhere?
Imagine you want to write an essay but there’s a loud TV going on in front of you.
You’re trying to take notes but the professor keeps talking and switching slides.
You can’t expect to do focused work when you keep switching tasks and changing your Spotify playlist.
To finish what you started, you need to cut off all the distractions in your way.
It can be harder than you think.
Phone notifications are the biggest killer.
The only way to be productive is to keep one thing in the room. The task.
4. Framing the Situation
How do you push a little further on the days you feel ready for bed?
On days like these, discipline is who sits behind the steering wheel.
While I write this, my eyes are already closing.
All I want to do right now is fall into my bed.
But I still have 100 words to write.
My mind tried to turn this into something I “need” to do.
But that’s not true.
I want to do this, because I gave myself this challenge.
Don’t ever let your mind turn things upside down.
Framing makes all the difference.
When you tell yourself you need to, or that you have to do something, it creates this negative energy in your body. It creates the feeling of something you’re not looking forward to.
Instead, frame it as something you want to do.
When you choose something you want, it creates positive energy that drives the action.
Be careful how you frame situations to yourself.
5. Time Alone
Find the time to be alone.
This is one of the most important things for me, one I keep coming back to and keep emphasizing to many.
Undisturbed time with yourself is priceless.
I’d say it’s the key to understanding yourself better, and to becoming a better version of yourself.
By time with yourself, I don’t mean being on your phone or watching a movie.
I mean really dedicated time to check on your life, and on the direction you’re heading.
It’s about finding peace with yourself and your mind, so you can make calmer decisions, aligned with who you want to be and where you want to go.
I aim to deliver the most personal stories, insights, and lessons from real-world experiences I have lived through over the past decade. As I continue building my life and trying to be a better version of myself, I am documenting this journey and the lessons from my life for people who might need to hear them.
- Lukáš