Your graveyard of projects is large
Each one was exciting for three weeks.
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Follow through on the things you actually care about.
A course for people who start with energy and quit when it gets hard. It covers why the drop-off happens, how to tell a project worth quitting from one worth finishing, and how to build follow-through you can rely on.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I start things with energy and abandon them when they get hard. Help me understand why I quit and build a way of following through on the projects and goals that matter to me.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Career growth
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- What do you tend to abandon: side projects, learning, fitness, work goals, or all of them?
- When does it usually stop: early, at the first hard part, or near the end?
- Is there something you want to finish now?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
The middle defeats you
Starting is fun, finishing is fine, the middle is where you leave.
You wonder if it is a character flaw
It is not, and it has a mechanism.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06Why we quit
Novelty, the dip and the story we tell about ourselves.
The middle
What the hard part is actually like, and why it is normal.
Quitting well
Deciding in advance what would make stopping the right call.
Structure over motivation
Milestones, rhythms and defaults that keep going when you do not feel like it.
Other people
Accountability that helps, and the kind that does not.
Finishing
The last ten percent, and why completing something changes what you believe about yourself.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Understand the drop-off
See why novelty fades and difficulty arrives at the same time.
Choose what deserves finishing
Quit the right things on purpose and commit to the rest.
Get through the middle
Use structure, milestones and others to carry you where motivation does not.
Ideas this course corrects
Quitting means you lack discipline
Everyone hits the dip. The difference is whether you expected it and prepared for it.
You should finish everything you start
You should choose what to finish. Quitting deliberately is a skill, not a failure.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course for people who start with energy and quit when it gets hard. It covers why the drop-off happens, how to tell a project worth quitting from one worth finishing, and how to build follow-through you can rely on. It sits under Career growth in the Work & ambitions part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I start things with energy and abandon them when they get hard. Help me understand why I quit and build a way of following through on the projects and goals that matter to me.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.