6 Cheat Codes to Life That 80% People Aren’t Using
Life rewards the clever, not the compliant.
The majority of people are going about life as if life is a group project they weren't assigned to. They're just getting by, waiting for the adequate time.
Meanwhile, time is doing what time does best: disappearing.
These are 6 cheat codes. No fluff. Just the things people forget because it's not shiny or flashy enough to be popular.
Use them. Or don't. But You Will Find At Least 1 of them interesting.
1. You Were Not Born to Pay Bills and Lose Your Spark
You weren't placed on this earth to press snooze four times, scroll through soft despair for 90 minutes, pay a pile of bills you don't even get, and then tell your dreams maybe tomorrow while you watch a show you've already watched three times.
That's not living. That's surviving with Wi-Fi.
You can write poetry on Thursdays.
Work on your side hustle on Sundays.
Take weird photos of puddles.
Am not saying that the goal is not to get out of poverty by being a productivity spreadsheet. The goal is to know who you are at 40.
2. Set Small Goals with Timelines, Else you will get Lazy — Especially if It's "Easy"
"I'll do it later" is the anthem of never-fulfilled aspirations.
Do you want to know what slays more potential than failure? Vague intentions.
"I want to write more." Fine. So does my cat.
"I will start exercising next week." No you will not.
Set a goal. Set a deadline. Make it a bit unpleasant.
Something like:
I'll finish one short story by the 15th.
I will prepare three meals this week that are not pasta and depression.
I will send my resume to five locations by Friday.
Your mind loves easy goals with no stress (Remember that “NO STRESS”). That is why you find yourself watching YouTube videos about productivity and then forgetting what you learned in the next 10 minutes.
Make the deadline. Write it down. Hit it.
Repetition.
3. If You Want to Get into the Top 10% at Something, Do It for 100 Minutes for 100 Days
No, not 10,000 hours. That's great if you're practicing to be the next Yo-Yo Ma. But for almost everything else? Do this:
100 minutes a day. For 100 days.
You'll be more than 90% better off than people who constantly say "someday."
You don't require talent. You require a timer and fewer excuses.
Write.
Paint.
Code.
Dance badly on TikTok until it becomes dancing well on TikTok.
In 100 days, you will not be the same individual. You'll be one of those individuals who finish. One of those individuals who show up.
Also, 100 minutes is less than the time you waste doomscrolling and waiting for your life to turn around at any minute now.
Just saying.
4. The 8+8+8 Rule
So the rule is easy, 8+8+8:
8 hours of work
8 hours of sleep
8 hours for you
If you just smiled, then it's because your current life is like:
10 working hours
5 hours panicking
6 hours sleeping on screen
3 hours sleeping poorly
Yes, not perfect.
You don’t have to flawlessly balance every day.
Rest is not a luxury. It's maintenance. Like oil changes, but for your soul.
Your mind wasn’t made to live on caffeine and spite. Burnout makes everything feel like sandpaper, and nobody's fun to be around when they're made of sandpaper.
5. Successful People Aren't More Intelligent Than You — They're Just More Persistent at Doing Mundane Stuff
So this is a secret that successful people won't share with you: they don't want to do it either.
They just do it anyhow.
The gym is Boring.
Tracking progress is Tedious.
Daily writing is also boring.
They build things on routines that are just slightly less exciting than staring at ceiling fans.
What looks like talent is usually just someone out snoozing their own excuses.
You can build an empire out of dull things if you do it long enough.
You want to write a book? Open the file and write 300 words. Every day. No matter how awful they are. Especially if they're awful.
6. Obsess Less About Finding Your Purpose — Create Meaning Instead
"Find your purpose" is ideal for Disney movies and identity crises.
We all don't have one big, general life purpose.
We have the Tuesdays. The boring Wednesdays.
You make meaning by being present. By paying attention. By doing something, even if it's terrible.
You are fulfilled when you assist when you pursue curiosity.
You don’t need a billboard life mission. Just stuff that makes you feel like a person, not a poorly written NPC.
Purpose is nice.
But meaning? You can produce that today.
Final Thoughts
This isn’t a blueprint. It’s not some grand system. It’s just a few things that tend to work better than pretending your calendar isn’t a mess.
Nothing here requires a vision board or a personality shift.
You’re not being asked to wake up at 4 a.m., cold plunge, or journal your intentions.
These are just the quieter habits—the ones that don’t look impressive on paper but somehow keep the wheels from falling off.
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Everything else aside, loved the opening ... going about life as if life is a group project they weren't assigned to.
Ditto …”Pasta and depression”. Love that.