Day 12: Your Environment
Relate Like Future You — Today Challenge
Goal of the Day
Create or improve one part of your environment to better support your Future Self and the goals you’re working toward.
National Clean off Your Desk Day
This day focuses on clearing physical clutter to create more focus and ease in your workspace. For the challenge, we use it to notice how your environment affects your energy, habits, and decisions, and to make one small change that better supports the life you’re building.
Insight
Your Future Self is shaped not just by what you do, but by the spaces you move through every day. Environment influences behavior more than motivation does, often without you realizing it.
When your surroundings support your focus and energy, it becomes easier to show up as the person you want to be. Small changes in your environment can remove friction and make better choices feel more natural.
Reflection
Questions
- What part of your environment most affects your focus, energy, or mood right now?
- What feels cluttered, distracting, or misaligned with who you’re becoming?
- What is one small change you can make today to better support your Future Self
- How do you want this space to make you feel when you use it?
Morning Journal Prompt
What is one small change I can make to my environment that better supports who I am becoming?
Evening Journal Prompt
How did my environment affect my focus or energy today, and what do I want to carry forward from this change?
Additional Resources
Blog
Books
Be Your Future Self Now by Benjamin Hardy
Videos
Design Your Day to Do the Work — How Your Environment Builds Hope