Minh’s Story

I’ve struggled with building habits my entire life.

All throughout my life, I’d procrastinate until the very last minute because I would only operate the best when there were strict deadlines, social pressures, or something very similar to get me moving.

I’d wake up at 2am in the morning to finally write up that essay or study for the exam, I’d work on pitch decks right before I’d give a presentation, and etc.

This worked enough for me, until it didn’t.

There was always too much stress & pressure up until these very last hours that I knew this would never be sustainable. Especially if I ever wanted to get my dreams off the ground + make a serious impact in the world, I knew I’d have to figure out how to put in hard work consistently.

This went for all areas of my life: fitness, career, and fun. I was too comfortable with living in the moment and things would come in spurts of motivation usually vs. streams of effort, and so I have never been able to as never ever able to build up the discipline to actually get what I want.

This is what led me to my 5+ year process of research and expirementation for how I could work the best.
At the end of the day, what worked best for me was simple.

Start off as tiny as you possibly can to build up the habit + tie it in with social connection to make it fun and speed up your progress.

It’s what helped my get into so many activities (marathon, yoga, swimming, etc), overcome my disordered eating, quit my 9-5 with confidence, and be at the happiest point of my life thus far.

Ur Accountability Club is now my new project towards helping others similarly unblock themselves, and I’m excited to see just how far it can go :-)

— Minh Mai (Founder, will write more on this another time)