Going back to 'school' again

Now, this night school experiment, it actually came from a joke that I made about my struggles with follow through.

I commented to a friend, how is it that I completed two master's degrees while working full time, but I can't even keep my kitchen clean? Welcome to ADHD.

But the joke I made actually lingered and it stuck with me because I thought, well, OK, how was I able to do that? And the answer is that I had structure.

I had accountability.

This meant I had a class schedule, I had to show up to class, and I did it even when I didn't feel like it, with some exceptions, like if I was legitimately sick.

But also the classes themselves were working towards a bigger, important goal, which was to get the degree.

So this June, after I made that joke and came back from a conference, I was feeling really inspired after the conference, which most people do.

You come back and you're all ready to go.

But in this case, I thought, okay, now in this point in my life, I do have a bit more of a predictable schedule after a particularly challenging year personally.

So I was feeling like it's really time to put my head down and get to work and put in some work so I can see some traction on my business.

So I asked myself, what if I could recreate the structure and accountability of night school? And so I looked at my calendar.

I committed to two nights per week.

And I asked a friend who I knew was taking on a really big project.

That's the summer as well.

And asked, would he want to join? And he said yes.

And his wife also asked if she could join in too.

So the three of us started checking in with night school.

two nights a week, we would show up, we would on WhatsApp, just send a photo of ourselves ready to get to work, almost like we were taking attendance and we would get to work.

I also went off site.

So I decided to return to the campus where I studied, where I did my MBA.

And I just figured, okay, I'll just walk in there as if I'm still an MBA student because they're all ages and I'll just sit down and get to work.

It's also the university I used to work at.

So I felt very comfortable in that environment.