#1 “Thank god I’m done!”

9 May 2025

There’s a weird moment nobody talks about.

The day you finish school or uni.

You walk out that final door, breathe in the freedom... and then—

Now what?

No more tests. No more teachers. Just you… and the vague pressure to figure it all out.

If you’ve ever felt that, you’re not alone. I remember thinking, “Thank god I’m done.”

But now? I realise I was only just getting started.

The World’s Changed. Fast.

Here’s the truth:

The half-life of skills is five years. That thing you learned a few years ago? Already outdated.
The job-for-life was perhaps a momentary blip in our history.
AI, remote work, entire industries vanishing overnight…

And while that might sound scary—like the ground is always shifting—it can also be liberating. At least you won’t spend the next 30 years stuck doing the same thing.

Why This Project Exists

I’ve spent the last 10+ years obsessively collecting ideas:

From psychology, copywriting, course design, motivation science.

Not in an academic way—more like…

How do you actually get better at stuff and enjoy it?

So I built this project:

To help you fall in love with learning again
To make it easier to start new things, fast
And to give you tiny, powerful tools you can use right now—not someday.

Your Challenge: Learn Something New in Just 20 Hours

Forget 10,000 hours. That’s for world-class mastery.

We’re talking about getting good enough to feel confident.

The challenge is this:

Pick one thing you’ve been putting off learning.

It could be fun, personal, or practical.

Could be practical (like Excel).

Could be personal (like drawing, or playing guitar).

Could be totally weird (I once tried to memorise all the world’s flags—don’t ask).

Then apply the five steps below…

Learn Any Skill in 20 Hours – in 5 Fun(ish) Steps

❤️ Pick a skill you actually love – not what you should do. What you’d be excited to start today.
🎯 Define “good enough” – make your goal specific, realistic, and useful to you.
🔧 Break it down – find the 20% of sub-skills that give you 80% of the outcome.
⏰ Make it stupid easy to start – schedule practice, clear your space, prep your tools.
🔥 Practice for 20 hours – use a timer, track your progress, and aim for quantity not perfection.

Just 20 hours is all it takes.

That’s 40 minutes a day for one month. Or 20 minutes a day for two.

Totally doable. And totally worth it!

Next Up: The Skill That Unlocks All Other Skills

The first skill we’re going to learn together?

Learning how to learn.

(Yeah, the thing school weirdly forgot to teach.)

Master this, and every other skill becomes easier.

This is how you stay ahead—without burning out, doom-scrolling, or wasting time on random YouTube rabbit holes.

What’s one thing you’ve wanted to learn, but never started?

Hit reply and tell me. Or just write it down for yourself, and follow the 5 steps above!