The things I do know are much smaller than those I don't. That's why I'm going ahead and making certain changes to the file to ensure its viability in the long run. The summer break has given me a lot of free time, and I know that once school begins again, I won't make the same effort with my routines. When school begins, I don't want to have to adjust my schedule too much, so I'll be getting up earlier.

After listing all the things I want to do, why I want to accomplish them, and some kind of a strategy to do so, I realized that I couldn't possibly get everything done at once and would have to make some tough choices about which ones to focus on. To that end, I will prioritize those with the greatest expected return.

I have to say, this is a lot. I can't begin by trying to do everything well all at once. Here is where I make another file and put goals in it that I think will give me the best return on investment. Then I'll work hard on them for weeks until they become habits and help me become a little more like the person I want to be.

To increase productivity and self-awareness, I decided to start thinking of myself as a company with divisions. It's comparable to MJ's car abstraction. So, I made a folder where each division goes. Each division is about a different part of my life, like how R&D is about my knowledge. And I've put the goals, whys, and plans for each one inside.

One must first know one's destination in order to have a chance of arriving there. So, I've been thinking about the things I've been doing that haven't helped me, and I've been trying to break those patterns. Moreover, I am figuring out where I want to go and what I need to do to get there; I am forming new routines to get the ball rolling — or, as MJ would say, putting more golden gumballs into the gumball machine.