Evict Procrastination: Reclaim Your Time with Intentional Adventures

How Fast Life Flies

As we near the end of the year, I've been reflecting on how quickly time flies and how procrastination often steals precious moments. 2025...wow. It’s startling, really. One moment, we’re setting resolutions and celebrating January 1st (more on this next week), and the next, we’re hanging up holiday lights.

Tim Urban, wrote a piece titled “The Tail End,” which really hit different. He breaks down life into weeks—and suddenly, the time we thought was abundant becomes painfully finite. The visuals are just simple graphics laid out in grids that represent things like the number of summers you’ll have left, the books you might read, or the moments you’ll share with loved ones.

It's not an easy read. Not because it's complex, but for the opposite reason. The visuals are a slap in the face as to how little time we actually have.

Your life is firefly blink in the night. — Naval Ravikant 

Reclaiming Growth & Adventure

Jesse Itzler felt the same pain, and started producing a "Big Ass Calendar." This isn't a calendar for others to book time on, or to schedule your Zoom calls. This calendar is for how you want plan to spend your one precious life. A way to take control of your calendar by planning the adventures you want to have before someone else fills it for you.

One such event on his calendar is a misogi. Inspired by ancient Japanese practices, a "misogi" is an adventure that pushes your limits—a challenge so intense it reshapes how you view yourself and your time. It’s about doing one thing each year that’s 50% likely to fail but 100% guaranteed to help you grow.

Making It Actionable

With all this inspiration and a Big Ass Calendar on your wall, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. But you don’t need to overhaul your entire life to embrace adventure. You don't have to plan an ultramarathon or cold plunge every morning next year.

Start small. A 21-day experiment is long enough to disrupt old habits and short enough to stay manageable. Each experiment becomes a micro-adventure, a way to test new habits, experiences, or ideas without committing forever.

→ Say “yes” to something that scares you.

→ Try a physical challenge that pushes your limits.

→ Build a morning routine that sets the tone for your day.

→ Experiment with a digital detox and reclaim time for creativity.

→ Plan a mini-adventure: one weekend, one new place, one memory.

My Challenge to You

Over the course of this next week, reflect on the adventures you want to create in 2025. And by the way, there are even more inner adventures to explore than outer ones.

It might be a habit you want to form, or another you'd like to let go of. It could be skills you'd like to acquire, or experiences you'd like to have. I like to categorize these in the big buckets of health, wealth, and relationships.

Health (physical, psychological, emotional)

Wealth (financial, productivity output, career growth,

Relationships (intimacy, friendships, parenting, self-compassion)

🏔️ Where do you feel compelled to grow or have an adventure?

😴 What have you been procrastinating on?

⏳ What are some of the specific habits or experiences you would commit to if given the proper container, accountability, and instructions?