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tara@theoddwitch.com shared this voice message with you

04/26/2026
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About three weeks ago, I started doing 10 squats every hour on the hour. Now this wasn't because I suddenly became a fitness person. I have not suddenly become a fitness person. Trust me on this. But because I read something about how sitting for long stretches is quietly terrible for you, and I thought, okay.

10 squats. I can do 10 squats. It's only about forty seconds of my life per hour. Even I can manage that. So I set a timer, and then I ignored the timer for about four days straight.

Not on purpose, just life. You know, maybe a podcast I didn't wanna pause. That particular kind of inertia that happens when you're deep in something and your body has forgotten it exists. But when you have a timer you've committed to, it keeps going off. So I'd hear it think, oh, right.

Squats. And then I'd get up and do them. Sometimes at the top of the hour, sometimes twenty minutes late. Sometimes I do them twice in a row because I'd missed the last one and felt a little guilty about it. This is not the recommended approach, but it is the honest one.

And then something strange happened. I'm not sure exactly when, but somewhere around week two, I stopped needing to negotiate with myself about it. The timer just went off, and I just stood up. I didn't just suddenly develop some new iron discipline. My body had just started to expect it.

The habit had formed, and my glutes are feeling it. This wasn't through willpower or even a really motivating podcast episode about becoming your best self. Through repetition that was so small, it barely counted. 10 squats every hour until my body decided this was just a thing we do now. That thing you're trying to build in your business or in your life probably doesn't need more motivation.

It needs a smaller increment. Not a two hour content creation block. Twenty minutes of writing, same time every day until your brain decides this is just the thing you do now. Not a complete website overhaul. One page done well and then the next.

Not a total mindset transformation. One thought examined honestly until examining your thoughts stops feeling like a big deal. Real change doesn't arrive suddenly. It accumulates quietly until one day you look up and realize you're someone who does the thing, 10 squats at a time. And in between all of those squats, I've been working on something else.

I've been completely revamping a group experience for you, Intuitive You. I'll be sending more details on that soon. But in the meantime, here's a sneak peek at one of the things I'm adding to this experience. For those of you listening, it's a little video of one of the things that I'm adding. So go watch that video.

And, also, on a side note, I'd like to say that, me adding this into the email means that you can send me a voice message back if you like, which I would love to hear from you about anything, what you're working on, what you like, what you don't like, maybe a silly dad joke of the day. I love some dad jokes. So if you feel so inclined, just reply to this voice note and, answer back. Alright. Thank you for being here, and thank you for being you.

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