Don’t Break The Chain!
Embracing The Seinfeld Method
By Ryan McCrary
KALAMA, Wash. – Back in November, I made the commitment to improve my mind and body. I wanted to beat the rush of people making New Year’s resolutions so I started early. Now, almost four months in, I thought I would share the results.
One of the most impactful articles I read at the start of this journey was an introduction to the “Seinfeld Method”. Yes, Jerry Seinfeld helped change my life.
As a young comic, Seinfeld committed to writing a new joke every day. He would cross off each day on a wall calendar when he accomplished this task and then used this as motivation to build and keep the chain intact. “Don’t break the chain!”
This method had nothing to do with quality of results, just the consistent effort to produce daily. The task must be meaningful and attainable. Making consistent effort leads to quality results.
I used this method to improve my mind and my body with these two tasks:
Mind → Read for knowledge or learn something for 30 minutes
Body → Work out (weight training) for 30 minutes <and/or> walk/hike for 60 minutes
I am not smart enough to be able to quantify how this has impacted my knowledge, but I can feel the difference in my general curiosity and inquisitiveness. It’s much easier to quantify in the body. Since November I have lost 25 pounds and I feel much stronger mentally and physically.
COMPLETE SEINFELD METHOD ARTICLE LINK: https://jamesclear.com/stop-procrastinating-seinfeld-strategy
Now here is the content you are really here for: These are my top-three Seinfeld episodes of all-time. Discuss in the comments.
McCrary’s Unassailable Top Three Seinfeld episodes
- Merv Griffin Show (S9E3)
- The Contest (S4E11)
- The Caddy (S7E12) – aka George Is Dead
QUOTABLE: “I am so busy doing nothing… that the idea of doing anything – which as you know, always leads to something – cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything.” – Jerry Seinfeld
