I came across an article about the so-called Great Lock In of 2025. The rules go like this:
- Wake up at 5:30
- Bed by 9
- No alcohol
- Read 10 pages
- 10k steps
- Workout daily
- Cut out toxic friends
- No distractions
- No fast food
On the surface, it sounds incredible. Who doesn’t want to be their best self? But here’s the flaw: what the fuck is the point of living if all you do is optimize?
Sure, chase the best version of yourself, but don’t forget to be human. Don’t forget to love, fight, fuck, cry. To care too much, or not enough. To be reckless, aloof, messy. To try something new. To take the path no one else dares.
The Great Lock In sells discipline, but it steals your humanity. And if you’re not here to live, to stumble, to feel, to taste the chaos…Then what’s the point of waking up at all?