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I wrote ‘The Happiness Equation,’ ‘Two-Minute Mornings,’ ‘The Book of Awesome,’ & host the podcast ‘3 Books’. Get my book recs each month 👉🏾 https://www.neil.blog/bookclub
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Ready to dive in? Let’s flip the page to Chapter 148 now…
3books.co/chapters/148
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“The outdoors—the dirt—is good for your immune system!” — Ginny Yurich
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“We don’t have problems modern parents have. We don't fight over screens. The kids are vibrant, healthy, and they can have conversations.” — Ginny Yurich
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"There is not much engaging to both children and adults ... but we all like to be outside." — Ginny Yurich
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’On The Shortness Of Life’ by Seneca
www.goodreads.com/book/show/97...
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Yes puts you in situations you’re not comfortable with.
Yes helps you get out there.
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Suddenly with my new philosophy I was saying yes to anything I was asked to do. I found myself volunteering for charity functions, going to the play with six people in the audience, and saying yes to any event, literally any event, anybody asked me to attend.
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What was it?
Say Yes.
I know it’s not revolutionary but it changed my behaviour so much.
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Suddenly I had no friends, no family, and no social structure around me. It took me time to invent a two-word philosophy to kick myself out of the gloom and doom.
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With years of Untouchable Days under my belt, do I still go through the exercise of scheduling one Untouchable Day every single week?
The honest answer is no.
Now I schedule two.
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But, what about emergencies, you might be wondering?
The short answer is that there really never are any.
I tell my wife where I am, and since I have no meetings scheduled, no one else expects to be able to reach me.
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On Untouchable Days, I picture myself sitting in a bulletproof car surrounded by two-inches of thick impenetrable plastic on all sides.
Nothing gets in. Nothing gets out.
My cell phone is in Airplane Mode. My laptop Wi-Fi is disabled.
Not a single thing can bother me… and not a single thing does.
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How do I carve out Untouchable Days?
I look at my calendar sixteen weeks ahead of time, and for each week, I block out an entire day as UNTOUCHABLE. In all-caps to let it just scream out at me.
The day can move within the week, but cannot jump weeks and cannot be deleted.
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Untouchable Days are days when I am literally 100% unreachable in any way…by anyone.
On these days, I’m 10 times more productive.
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I finally found a solution that I feel has saved my career, my time, and my sanity.
If you’re with me right now, I bet you need this solution too: I call it “Untouchable Days.”
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I’m no longer that guy. Now when I’m done with work, I soak in time with my wife and children.
So I realized that what I needed was a practical way to get more work done *without* taking more time.
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But prioritizing one Family Day a week creates energy, helps you be choosy about what activities you’re signing up for, and helps avoid saying a passive yes to every invitation.
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Is this tough to do? Of course! Think about how many days you have with a sports practice or somebody’s big birthday. Those are beautiful things.
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We had so many weekends blurring by in a smear of gymnastics, birthday parties, and extended family dinners. Fun weekends! But no deep family time.
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A full day with no cellphones, no extended family, no friends, nothing.
Just me, my wife, our little kids and zero interruptions all day.
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Too kind, thank you. Nick is a special guy.