And yes, sometimes self-improvement "systems" are just ways to avoid a simple realization that we procrastinating or just not doing the basics. My advice, do the fundamentals reasonably well and then occasionally, pick a "thing" to work on. That's usually enough.
Stop SHOULDING on yourself!!! 😁
Regarding your "over-punctuation" above... Might I suggest the interrobang‽
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Here is an interesting episode of the "99% Invisible" podcast about the interrobang.
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/interrobang/
And yes, sometimes self-improvement "systems" are just ways to avoid a simple realization that we procrastinating or just not doing the basics. My advice, do the fundamentals reasonably well and then occasionally, pick a "thing" to work on. That's usually enough.