Okay so I gotta share this wild ride trying out Gabriel Checco’s stuff. Heard the buzz, right? People raving about his tips like some productivity guru magic. Figured, why not, let’s dive in headfirst and see what sticks.
First Step: Hunting Down His “Secrets”
Morning coffee in hand, I jumped online. Searched like crazy, clicking everywhere. Blogs, forums, random mentions – I was digging deep. Turns out, he talks a lot about structuring your day super tight and cutting out junk. Seems simple enough, I guess.
The Day I Tried Being Gabriel Checco
Next day, alarm blasts at 5:30 AM. Uggh. Checco says early starts are key. Rolled outta bed feeling like a zombie but forced it. Drank water, scribbled intentions in a cramped notebook like he supposedly does. Then came the schedule from hell.
- Blocked time like a prison warden. Work slot, break slot, exercise slot… every minute mapped.
- Tried that super focus thing – shut down email, silenced the phone.
- Even tried eating super clean like I read somewhere he mentions – veggies and bland chicken.
Midday Meltdown Moment
By noon, I was crawling up the walls. That ironclad schedule? Shattered. Needed a real break, not just 10 minutes staring at the wall. The “focus” made me jumpy. That lunch? Tasted like cardboard. Seriously questioned my life choices. And the idea of doing this every single day? Felt impossible.
Throwing in the Towel (But Keeping Some Scraps)
Screw this superhuman routine! Couldn’t hack it. Felt worse than before I started. Felt like I failed.
BUT. After I calmed down, I picked through the wreckage. Okay, maybe 5:30 AM isn’t for everyone (definitely not me!). Maybe blocking every single minute is suffocating. BUT! That no distractions focus block? Gold. Seriously. Turning off the dang phone and notifications for 90 minutes actually got work done. And those quick “intention scribbles”? Pretty good for setting a vague direction, though my notebook is messy.
The hardcore routine? Nope. The core idea of guarding focused time? Absolutely stealing that.
The Messy Real Talk
Look, trying to be someone else? Especially online gurus painting perfect pictures? Doomed from the start. You grab a tip here, an idea there, but you gotta smash it into your own messy life puzzle. What works for Checco (or what people say he does) won’t necessarily fit me – or you. Tried it, got overwhelmed, tossed most of it out. But that focused time trick? That one’s mine now. Trial, error, total mess up sometimes – that’s the real practice record.
