You made it through January.
The month of killing. The month of getting honest about what's been holding you back.
If you've been following along, you've seen:
The prison of half-commitment (and the 5 signs you're in it)
The lies keeping you stuck (and how to kill your excuse arsenal)
The drag pulling you backward (people, environments, patterns)
The lukewarm trap (and what real commitment looks like)
That's the first three parts of the Draw The Line framework:
Kill The Lie
Kill The Drag
Kill The Lukewarm
Now comes the fourth: Execute Daily.
Because here's the thing—you can kill every lie, cut every piece of drag, and commit fully... but if you don't have a system for daily execution, you'll drift back.
Old patterns are patient. They're waiting for you to slip. Waiting for a bad day, a hard week, a moment of weakness.
The only defense is a system that makes backsliding harder than moving forward.
That's February.
We're going to build:
Morning routines that lock in commitment before the day tries to steal it
Systems that remove daily decisions (and the willpower they drain)
Accountability structures that catch you before you fall
The habit stacks that make execution automatic
Killing was the hard part. Building is the rewarding part.
You drew the line. Now it's time to live on the right side of it.
See you tomorrow.
Done negotiating.
-Joel
P.S. - If these emails have helped you, share them with someone who's stuck. The more people we pull out of the prison, the better.