A сall for self-awareness
If you aren't aware of what you're actually doing, then it is very hard to change your life with any degree of consistency. Trying to build better habits without self-awareness is like firing arrows into the night. You can't expect to hit the bullseye if you're not sure where the target is located.
Furthermore, I have discovered very few people who naturally do the right thing without ever measuring their behavior.
For example, I know a handful of people who maintain six-pack abs without worrying too much about what they eat. However, every single one of them weighed and measured their food at some point.
After months of counting calories and measuring their meals, they developed the ability to judge their meals appropriately.
In other words, measurement brought their levels of self-awareness in line with reality. You can wing it after you measure it.
Once you're aware of what's actually going on, you can make accurate decisions based on “gut-feel” because your gut is based on
