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By Colby Kultgen

"Hard Reset" Your Life In 90 Days, How to Fix Your Attention Span, and A Productivity Tool Everyone Should Try

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Today at a Glance: • A guide to hard reset your life • A game changing productivity tip • A productivity tool everyone should try • A method for fixing your attention span • A recent purchase I'm enjoying

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A guide to "hard reset" your life before the end of the year

I love this cheat sheet from my friend Dan Go.

That said, trying to follow it exactly would be unrealistic for most people.

It's hard enough to build one healthy habit, let alone overhaul your entire routine in three months.

So why am I sharing it?

Because I still think this is a fantastic long-term resource with a lot of clear benchmarks worth aiming for.

My advice: treat it like an 12-week program.

Choose one category to focus on at a time. Spend 1-2 weeks building momentum in that area before moving on to the next.

The key here is to not be too hard on yourself.

Taking on something this ambitious is no small feat, and even nailing just 2 or 3 categories in 90 days would be a massive accomplishment.

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A small shift that made me significantly more productive

Hot take:

Most “productivity” tools are actually procrastination tools in disguise.

Elaborate bullet journals.
Over-engineered Notion dashboards.
Color-coded task lists.

They’re fool’s gold.

They give you the feeling of working while you’re really just rearranging your to-dos.

Here’s the truth: most people only need one tool to run their entire life, and they’re already using it.

A calendar.

I know it’s not a sexy answer. But “what gets scheduled gets done” has become my guiding principle for productivity.

I still keep a simple task manager for capture, but the game-changer was this:

Why this works so well:

• Forces you to weigh time trade-offs. When something’s on the calendar, you’re forced to make time for it. You stop blindly agreeing to things because you can see the trade-off right away.
• Creates a built-in deadline. A start and end time taps into Parkinson’s Law (work expands to fill the time you give it).
• Turns intentions into commitments. Moving a task into your calendar shifts it from “someday” to “scheduled.”
• Shows your actual capacity. Seeing your week laid out in real time blocks gives you a reality check on what’s actually possible.

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My challenge to you this week:

When presented with a new task, don’t just add it to a list. Ask yourself, “Where would this live on my calendar?”

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A productivity tool everyone should try
​Sponsored

Speaking of genuinely useful productivity tools.

​Wispr Flow might be my favorite discovery of 2025.

It's a voice-powered AI keyboard that turns whatever you say into clean, well-punctuated text. It works in Slack, Gmail, Notes, and anywhere else you write.

Why I love it:

• No filler words or awkward transcriptions
• Learns your go-to phrases, names, acronyms
• Quiet mode = no awkward stares when you’re dictating in public
• Syncs with your computer for easy note-taking

And the best part: Flow is now available on iPhone.

​​Try it out for free right now.​

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A method for fixing your attention span

I stumbled on this video the other day with the caption:

“Rawdogging for 1 hour to fix my attention span (day 3).”

Honestly, I found it equal parts hilarious and intriguing.

Gen Z has essentially rebranded what older generations call “meditation” or “sitting quietly” as “rawdogging life.”

Basically, going without any kind of input or distraction for an extended period of time.

The framing here is funny, but there's actually a lot of merit to doing this.

It reminds me of a practice I started last year called The “No-Power” Hour:

Every day for a month, I’d set aside a 60-minute block where I didn’t use any electronic devices. No phone, no laptop, no headphones. No podcasts, no scrolling, not even reading. Just walking, thinking, writing on paper, or sitting with my thoughts.

A few things I noticed after doing this for a while:

• My attention span improved significantly.
• I got tons of good ideas during this time.
• My default urge to reach for my phone went way down.
• Boredom slowly became more comfortable.
• My sense of time slowed down (the days felt noticeably longer).

The lesson here is this:

You don’t need to go full “rawdog” and sit for an hour in silence every day. But adding your own small version of a “no-power” practice (even 15 or 30 minutes of no inputs) can quietly rebuild your ability to think, focus, and notice.

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A recent purchase that I'm loving

Two of my favorite things:

1. Playing cards with people I love.
2. Having interesting discussions with people I love.

Which is why I was so excited to discover these.

They’re called Basecamp Cards.

It’s a regular deck of cards, but each one has a question printed on it.

You can play your favorite game and at the same time end up in conversations you’d never normally have.

Not sponsored, I'm just enjoying them a lot!

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Have a great week!

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P.S. Reply telling me what resonated most this week!

(I read and respond to them all)

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