Corinne Baptiste

Corinne Baptiste writes about the reasons behind wellness rather than the routines. Every piece starts with a motive, then does the honest accounting of what that motive cost, and the weeks the accounting came out against her are published too.

The Habit Streak That Outlasted the Habit - the cost of optimizing

The Habit Streak That Outlasted the Habit

I kept a streak going for months after the habit itself had stopped doing anything for me. Here are the three moments where I should have noticed, and did not.

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How I Picked the Five Things I Actually Do - doing less better
Doing Less Better

How I Picked the Five Things I Actually Do

A practical method for narrowing a long list of wellness habits down to a handful that actually get done, and why the…

How I Exit a Goal Without Explaining Myself to Anyone - other people's goals
Other People's Goals

How I Exit a Goal Without Explaining Myself to Anyone

Once I could tell a goal was not mine, I still had to figure out how to actually drop it. Here is…

Why I Quit the 5am Club After Six Weeks of Forcing It - wellness i quit
Wellness I Quit

Why I Quit the 5am Club After Six Weeks of Forcing It

I set the alarm for 5am for six weeks straight because I believed successful people did it and I did not. Here…

The Habit I Kept Because Stopping Felt Like Losing an Argument - why i do this
Why I Do This

The Habit I Kept Because Stopping Felt Like Losing an Argument

I noticed I was defending a habit more fiercely than I actually enjoyed it, and the gap between those two things turned…

The One Question I Ask Myself at the End of Every Day - checking in with myself
Checking In With Myself

The One Question I Ask Myself at the End of Every Day

A single nightly question, answered in one line, that took less effort to keep than any longer daily journal I ever tried,…

Saying No to Plans So I Can Actually Rest - rest as a choice
Rest as a Choice

Saying No to Plans So I Can Actually Rest

Protecting rest often means disappointing someone. Here is how I got more comfortable with that trade.

The Things I Stopped Trying to Fit In - what is worth it
What Is Worth It

The Things I Stopped Trying to Fit In

There's a difference between quitting something and admitting it never fit the week you actually have. Here's how I sorted my list…

The Week I Tracked Everything and Learned Nothing - the cost of optimizing
The Cost of Optimizing

The Week I Tracked Everything and Learned Nothing

I logged my sleep, my steps, my water, my mood, and my meals for seven straight days. Here is what all that…

The Core That Was Left When I Stopped Adding - doing less better
Doing Less Better

The Core That Was Left When I Stopped Adding

For years I responded to every wellness problem by adding a new habit. Here is what I found underneath everything once I…