The Modern Day Caveman

If you’ve spent any time watching motivational videos on YouTube, you’ve likely come across the powerful quote: “If you were the main character in a movie of your life, what would the audience be screaming at you to do right now?”

It’s stuck with me for years. The first time I heard it, I remember thinking, damn, that’s actually a good point. It makes you stop and sort of zoom out on your own life, like you’re watching yourself on a screen. You start wondering what choices you’d be cheering yourself on to make… or the ones you’d be cringing at.

The thing is, life doesn’t really work like that. It’s not a two-hour story arc where everything gets tied up neatly by the credits. You get those bursts of motivation, sure, those “movie montage” moments where you’re ready to overhaul everything, but they don’t last. You burn bright for a bit, then fizzle out, and you’re right back in the slow grind of the everyday.

Lately, I’ve been thinking maybe life isn’t a movie at all. Maybe it’s more like a novel.

In a novel, the big scenes only matter because of all the smaller ones that lead up to them. The quiet days, the bad decisions, the small wins – that’s where the character actually changes. You don’t notice it happening at the time, but it builds.

Most novels are between 300–400 pages long. And there are 365 days in a year. It kind of lines up perfectly. One page a day. One tiny bit of progress at a time. Instead of chasing a single, dramatic “main character moment,” it’s about showing up every day and writing one good page, even if it’s messy.

If life’s a novel, then each day deserves a paragraph – something worth adding to the story.

So that’s what I’m doing. Over the next 365 days (and hopefully beyond!), I’m going all in on improving my mind, body, and spirit and documenting everything here, in my online journal.

This blog won’t just be a place for ad hoc check-ins anymore. It’s going to become a space to track what I’m eating, how I’m moving, how I’m connecting, and what’s going on in my head along the way.

Here’s to writing a better story, one page, one day, and one small step at a time.

I hope you enjoy the journey!