<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet href="/rss/styles.xsl" type="text/xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>practicelog</title><description>A working log of habits, focus, and follow-through — the practices that hold when motivation is gone. By Chirag Singhal.</description><link>https://self-dev-blog.oriz.in/</link><language>en</language><managingEditor>whyiswhen@gmail.com (Chirag Singhal)</managingEditor><webMaster>whyiswhen@gmail.com (Chirag Singhal)</webMaster><item><title>Goal-setting that works: pick one, aim it, build the system underneath</title><link>https://self-dev-blog.oriz.in/blog/goal-setting-that-works/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://self-dev-blog.oriz.in/blog/goal-setting-that-works/</guid><description>SMART goals and vision boards mostly fail. What works is one goal at a time, a process you can run daily, and a review loop that catches drift before it costs you months.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Systems</category><category>goals</category><category>systems</category><category>planning</category><category>review</category><category>goal-setting</category><author>whyiswhen@gmail.com (Chirag Singhal)</author></item><item><title>Beating procrastination: it&apos;s an emotion problem, not a time problem</title><link>https://self-dev-blog.oriz.in/blog/beating-procrastination/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://self-dev-blog.oriz.in/blog/beating-procrastination/</guid><description>You don&apos;t procrastinate because you&apos;re lazy or bad at scheduling. You avoid the task because it makes you feel something. Fix the feeling and the work starts.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Focus</category><category>procrastination</category><category>focus</category><category>deep-work</category><category>motivation</category><category>productivity</category><author>whyiswhen@gmail.com (Chirag Singhal)</author></item><item><title>Building habits that stick: design the cue, shrink the rep</title><link>https://self-dev-blog.oriz.in/blog/building-habits-that-stick/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://self-dev-blog.oriz.in/blog/building-habits-that-stick/</guid><description>Willpower fades by evening. Habits that last are built from a fixed cue, a rep small enough to be laughable, and a chain you refuse to break twice.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Habits</category><category>habits</category><category>behavior-change</category><category>routines</category><category>consistency</category><category>atomic-habits</category><author>whyiswhen@gmail.com (Chirag Singhal)</author></item></channel></rss>