Writing down what you intend to do and actually doing them refactors your identity.
It turns you into a Sayer, someone who says they will do X and actually does X.
A Sayer is different from a Doer in a sense that a Doer relies on quantity of action.
“Let me do this 100x and see if something works once or twice”.
A Doer is reliant on luck.
A Doer cannot be trusted with life or death.
A Doer is a slave to chance.
A Sayer’s victory lies in describing what he will do and doing the work necessary to see his words become an actual tangible force in the world.
The routine of saying something and actually doing them builds undeniable proof that you are a reliable person. And your mind responds to this. You become less anxious, less afraid. In the face of uncontrolled variables, you are unfazed.
Do the opposite repeatedly, say you will do X and actually go ahead and NOT do it, and you build undeniable proof that you are devoid of any control. You become anxious, perma-reacting to anything that’s happening because there is no X to keep you on some path. Any commotion becomes the new center of your life. All your attention goes to the next cool thing. All energy relinquished to the concern of people who do not care if you live or die.
How much of your words become reality?