Which Is More Important ?

A few years ago, I started making these pages exactly 100 words long - I can’t remember why, but I think it had something to do with a hashtag.

Cutting down my thoughts into a neat 100 words introduced discipline, and it made sure I removed anything unnecessary, but pretty soon it became more about the word count than the message - trimming here, padding there - so I decided to return my focus to the ideas instead.

Whenever we build a new habit, it’s worth checking that maintaining the habit hasn’t become more important than the change it set out to make…