Why I Refuse To Track How Many Books I've Read

A Mug of Insights is 100% a reader-supported newsletter. If you like my writing and want more posts like this, signing up for a paid subscription will grant me more time to write consistently. Paid members will get access to the full archive and all of my extended essays with further reading lists. And on average, subscribers will get 50% more weekly posts from our regularly scheduled program. Thank you for your contribution! Upgrade to Paid I recently started wearing my 3-year-old Apple Watch again because I wanted to return to running. For the first two weeks, everything went well. I tracked my runs with the watch and gloated over my 14-day streak. But around the one-month mark, I found myself going for runs to close the rings. My run streak overshadowed the joy of breaking a sweat first thing in the morning, and before I knew it, I started dreading my morning runs. The same goes for a suite of other apps I have on my phone. One app wants me to track my expenses daily, while another

A Mug of Insights is 100% a reader-supported newsletter. If you like my writing and want more posts like this, signing up for a paid subscription will grant me more time to write consistently. Paid members will get access to the full archive and all of my extended essays with further reading lists. And on average, subscribers will get 50% more weekly posts from our regularly scheduled program. Thank you for your contribution! Upgrade to Paid I recently started wearing my 3-year-old Apple Watch again because I wanted to return to running. For the first two weeks, everything went well. I tracked