This week's output was lacking.
But here's the thing—I'm not trying to be perfect. I'm trying to go from the 98% to the top 2%. Living exactly how they want to. And that starts with understanding what actually matters.
It's not about grinding every single day. It's not about some perfect routine that looks good on Instagram. It's about moving the needle. Getting things done. Building momentum week after week.
Friday I sat down and tried to ride the flow. Had some energy. Thought I'd lock in and move things forward. For a moment, it felt like it was going to click. Like I'd finally found that rhythm everyone talks about. You know that feeling—when everything aligns and the work just flows out of you. That's what I was chasing.
Then Saturday hit. And Sunday. And Monday. I thought hard about how I wanted to get work done, but I only popped in for a second or two. Just enough to remember what I was working on, then I'd disappear again. It's that weird space where you're thinking about the work more than you're doing the work. You're planning the work instead of executing it. You're in your head about it instead of in the actual doing of it.
That's the trap I keep falling into. The thinking trap. I can spend hours visualizing how I want to work, what I want to create, how I want to structure my day. But visualization isn't creation. Planning isn't progress.
Wednesday I sat down and thought some more. Got distracted. Started thinking about other things. The work sat there half-started. I was close. I could feel it. But close doesn't ship anything. Close doesn't move the needle. Close is just another form of not doing it.
And then to now—finally thinking further and writing this out. Getting my post for the week out. Just using this session to make it easier to participate in the next. That's the real moment. Not when I had the most energy or the clearest vision. But when I finally sat down and did the thing. When I stopped thinking about doing it and just did it.
That's the week. Not perfect. Not impressive. But real.
Here's what I realized through all of this: It's more important to just get things done for the week.
Not perfect things. Not polished things. Just done things.
I used to think consistency meant showing up every single day. Hitting your targets. Never missing. Being disciplined. Being the person who wakes up at 5am and grinds until midnight. But that's not how real life works. Real life is messy. Some days you have energy. Some days you don't. Some days you think about the work for hours and never touch it. Some days you sit down for 20 minutes and move mountains.
The metric that actually matters is weekly goal completion. That's what I'm on about right now. Not daily perfection. Not some locked-in routine that falls apart the moment life happens. Just: Did I move the needle this week? Did I get things done? Yes or no?
If yes, I'm winning. If no, I adjust next week and try again.
That's the game. That's how you actually build something.
Because here's what I actually want: I want to build my own income. Set my own hours. Move away from relying on a job for money and move to using the skills I've developed instead. And I want to make 100x what I'm making now doing it.
That's not a fantasy. That's not some pie-in-the-sky dream I'm chasing. That's the actual goal. That's what I'm building toward. And I know it's possible because I see people doing it every day. People who started exactly where I am. People who were working jobs they didn't care about, building things on the side, slowly replacing their income until one day they didn't need the job anymore.
But I can't get there by waiting for perfect conditions. I can't get there by showing up every single day like some robot, grinding myself into the ground. I get there by showing up when it matters, moving things forward, and then coming back the next week and doing it again.
This week I didn't show up every day. But I showed up enough to get this post out. Enough to keep the momentum going. Enough to know I'm still in the game and moving in the right direction. And that matters more than some perfect streak that burns me out.
And that's the pattern I'm building. Not perfection. Just consistent output. Weekly completion. That's the metric. That's what separates the 98% from the top 2%—not that they never miss days. But that they measure themselves by what they actually complete, not by some arbitrary daily checklist.
The people living exactly how they want to? They're not perfect. They're not grinding 24/7. They're not some superhuman machines. They're just focused on getting things done. They show up when it counts. They move the needle. They come back the next week and do it again. They don't get caught in the thinking trap. They execute.
So here's what I want you to do: Pick something you've been thinking about doing. Just do it.
Even if you do it in one day. Get it over with. Do it in whatever fashion you need. Don't wait for the perfect time. Don't wait for the perfect conditions. Don't wait for yourself to feel ready.
Because you're never going to feel completely ready. There's always going to be something else to prepare. Another thing to learn. Another reason to wait. Another excuse to push it off one more week.
But the people who actually change their lives? They don't wait. They pick something and they do it. They get messy with it. They do it imperfectly. They do it in whatever way works for them in that moment. They understand that done is better than perfect. That shipped is better than polished. That moving forward is better than standing still.
This week, pick one thing. Get it done. However you need to. Whether that's in one sitting or spread across the week. Whether it's polished or rough. Whether it feels good or feels like pulling teeth.
Just get it done.
Because that's how you move from 98% to top 2%. Not by being perfect. By being willing to do the work when it matters. By measuring yourself by what you actually complete, not by some fantasy version of consistency. By understanding that weekly wins compound into yearly transformations.
Show up this week. Get something done. And then come back next week and do it again.
That's the whole thing.
-Fish
