Feb 2026: I am my biggest enabler
goals, projects, books, movies & tv shows
This is a recap of my life in the month of Feb.
An analysis of my goals
Projects I made
Books I read
Movies & TV shows I liked
At the start of the month, I had beautiful goals:
Wake up and walk in the sun
Send 2 cold emails daily
Walk 7-10K steps
Here’s what happened with them
1. Wake up and walk in the sun
The day I wrote this goal was the first day in a very long time where I woke up and had an urge to bask in the warmth of the sunlight. And it felt good. I wanted to do it more often. But that was the only day I did it.
Sometime in 2nd week of Feb, I got obsessed with the idea of sleep discipline. If I fix my sleep, everything will be alright. I would be able to regulate my emotions and I will be taking a step towards making my life better in general.
I ended up sleeping at 5 PM in the evening and waking up at 12 or 1 AM in the night. This became my routine.
The place where I am at right now, physically and mentally. I experience a lot of noise surrounding me. It constantly keeps me on edge. So waking up when it was all quiet around me helped. It helped a lot.
I got the same comfort every morning that I got from basking in the sunlight.
But honest case scenario, this goal was written on a whim and not completed. ❌
2. Send 2 cold emails every day
This is something I did regularly. I had to put in a lot of reps to get the results I am used to getting. I also created a claude code skill that deep researches on a prospect. Gets highlights from their podcast appearances. And saves me a lot of time. It is fine tuned based on my winning emails of the last 10 years.
So far, whenever I have sent an email using this outreach system it has gotten a 100% reply.
This is new, so I have to stress test with a bigger data set. But so far so good. I love it!
This goal was achieved successfully and better. ✅
3. Walk 7-10K steps
I spent most of my evenings sleeping. This goal was not achieved at all. I didn’t even attempt. But an adjacent player took its place.
Out of my own free will, I started working out every morning.
And I am happy about that.
Even though this goal deserves a cross. Let’s just give it a smiley. 😊
👩💻 Projects I made
I love how this month was so symmetrical in terms of weeks.
So, in the last week of Feb. I went underground. No WhatsApp. No Twitter. No Instagram.
I spent all that time learning how to regulate my emotions and claude code skills.
And I created some projects around that time. Some are related to claude code, some are not.
A telegram bot to track my wake up time, exercise and sleep time. It feeds all data into a Google sheet
you + today = something the world isn't ready for 🔥 A portfolio website. It’s not live yet. I will be making more changes but what do you think of the homepage?
A writing habit tool. It’s work in progress. I love the theme switcher in this, it’s like day and night by pulling a plug.
An internal cold outreach system. The kicker of this system is: it’s based on my past winning emails. And so far it has it has a 100% reply rate. (I sent 3 emails so far 😂)
📕 Books I read
The defining decade by Meg Jay [Reread]
I first read this book in 2021, it’s about what your priorities should be in your 20s. How wanting to be extraordinary begins with taking actions and doing the ordinary. Whenever I feel stuck, the book has always guided me in some way.
Normal People by Sally Rooney [In progress]
First few chapters seem interesting, but it got boring after a point. A lot of people seem to see a certain depth in her writing. But I didn’t feel like indulging in it much so dropped it. If you have a different take on Sally Rooney’s books. Do let me know. This was my first one.Discipline is destiny by Ryan Holiday
Nice, self helpy book with good stories. Can fire you up for a while. Even if only one story jumps out to you and grabs you for a lifetime. It’s enough for you to keep going and keep showing up.Only dull people are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar Wilde
It has funny and altrustive statements. You can think of it as a book of jokes, thoughts and statements. I read random pages of the book every once in a while. It has things like:
”Praise makes me humble but when I am abused I know I have touched the stars.”
”The aim of love is to love, no more, no less.”
”Ultimately the bond of all companionship whether in marriage or in friendship is conversation…”
”There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people one has ceased to love.” This one line jumped out to me the most. It explained to me Dorian Gray from the book “The picture of Dorian Gray” was able to just stomp on the emotions of someone he loved so dearly. I couldn’t understand the author’s mind. But this one line from the same author explained everything to me.Can’t hurt me [In Progress]
The writing somehow is just too good. It begins with the author’s story. I am still at that. Couldn’t read further because it’s intense. The author’s story is intense.Rework [Chef’s Kiss book]
Damn good business & life lessons. Some ideas are outdated but what’s applicable is still gold.
🎬 Movies & TV shows
Whiplash: It’s movie about obsession & ego.
My liberated notes: You can find my thoughts about this show in this mini essay.
The title of this newsletter “I am my biggest enabler” is inspired by reading Pat Wallis blog: Think Week
There he said, “I am my biggest obstacle” And I thought I am going to be my biggest enabler.
I like Pat Wallis because of his thinking and how he built a business with writing and ideas. His company Starter Story is now been sold to Hubspot. You should check out his after acquisition podcast he did on My First Million.
Alright folks, this is it.
If you are tinkering with AI and claude code. I would love to connect and share notes. Just reply to this email.
See you soon!
— Akanksha