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Every time I decided to "change my life," I’d go all in. Wake up at 5 AM. Two-hour workout.

I would optimize my routine by trying to use all possible techniques the author shared.

I would feel great but just few days in I would find myself procrastinnating and being distracted

Then after few month I would get the same motivation wave more intense this time and I would go on to repeat the same cycle again.

But knowing the story of Chinese bamboo allowed me to identify the life-changing core I was missing.

The Chinese bamboo tree grows 3 feet each day. it shoots upward with all its energy and achieves an incredible height of 90 ft in just 6 weeks.

That is an insane height in just 6 weeks of sprouting.

To achieve this rapid growth, the farmer has to water and nurture it every day for 5 years, and for 5 years it shows no visible progress.

Because beneath the surface, it’s building a powerful root system like a biological storage system that gathers energy, water, and minerals across a wide area.

Those roots spread far and wide, so when it sprouts it doesn’t just grow one tree but an entire forest.

Looking at no progress above soil if the farmer had stopped nurturing and watering the plant It would have died.

I realized that whenever I tried to start a habit, I was always in a big wave of motivation, and I would try to change my life overnight.

I realized the game, and I made my habits embarrassingly small at start so that it was impossible to fail

I would just try to get a little better the next day. Each day I would tie my identity to consistency.

Not "I will loose 20 pounds in 7 months" but "I am someone who eats healthy every day".

This was a life-changing decision, and it took me years of trial and error to understand that the key to long term habit is to start embarrassingly small and reinforce the identity of someone who does it daily.

I want to share this life changing core to people

But the challenge is to convince these highly motivated people to start small.

My question to you guys is: will adding a story like the one I shared in the tool’s onboarding convince people to start small and potentially change their lives?

I have read the book atomic habits multiple times and I would use all the techniques the author mentions but still wasn't able to form a consistent habit.

And over years getting into this cycle again and again I realised I never actually implemented the core teaching which is starting so small that it is impossible to fail and getting just a little better each day.

So the problem I wanna solve using my app is people starting too big in a high motivation state trying to change their life overnight.

The challenge I am facing is to convince these highly motivated guys to start small instead and increase the chances of forming a successful habit that could potentially change their life.

Here where I can be smart or stupid.

People rarely get convinced by logic when they are in a state of high arousal or when they are very motivated.

So I came up with an idea to introduce them to a story while they are inside the app's onboarding.

I have tried to pack the core teaching inside an inspirational and emotional story. A story in which they can see themselves.

Before I share the story I want to tell you guys I am very confused whether to implement this story idea.

Cause nobody does this kind of stuff on a app's onboarding.

Doing this breaks UI/UX rules.

As this space has some very wise and experienced people.

I would love to get your valuable opinion.

The onboarding story goes like

Scene 1

My mother was the happiest woman alive the day I was born.

Scene 2

She raised me alone — working double shifts, giving everything she had.

Scene 3

I wanted to be someone in life.

I just didn’t want her effort to go to waste.

Scene 4

I started building new habits — studying for hours, doing long meditation along with a huge workout.

Scene 5

After just a few days, I found myself scrolling all day, with no motivation to get out of bed.

Scene 6

I felt like a loser.

Scene 7

I don’t know what she saw on my face, but one day she told me.

Scene 8

She told me: To grow a Chinese bamboo tree, a farmer must water the seed every day for years.

Scene 9

For a long time, nothing appears above the soil.

Scene 10

After years, one day, it finally sprouts...

Scene 11

And within a few weeks, it grows incredibly tall.

Scene 12

People think it grew in 5 weeks.

Scene 13

But that incredible growth only happens because the farmer patiently nurtured the ground for years.

Scene 14

I realized that for years, I had been trying to change my life overnight.

Scene 15

I would start 12-step morning routines, hour-long meditation sessions, trying to wake up at 5 AM, and reading for hours.

Scene 16

These new habits would last for 3–4 days, then I would quit, repeating the same cycle for years.

Scene 17

I asked myself — what if, instead of becoming everything overnight, I started small and got slightly better each day?

Scene 18

I read a few pages instead of studying for hours. Instead of 90-minute workouts, I did just 1 push-up, not 10. I made it so easy that it was impossible to fail.

Scene 19

I stopped trying to change everything overnight and focused on becoming just 1% more better each day.

Scene 20

Today, after years of consistent effort, the effects have compounded.

Scene 21

I feel more productive and disciplined.

Scene 22

Yesterday was the happiest day of my life.

Scene 23

I graduated with top grades, and my mother said to me, “I am proud of you.”

I am really grateful to those who gave their time to understand my problem.

I would really love to get your opinions.

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I have read the book atomic habits multiple times and I would use all the techniques the author mentions but still wasn't able to form a consistent habit.

And over years getting into this cycle again and again I realised I never actually implemented the core teaching which is starting so small that it is impossible to fail and getting just a little better each day.

So the problem I wanna solve using my app is people starting too big in a high motivation state trying to change their life overnight.

The challenge I am facing is to convince these highly motivated guys to start small instead and increase the chances of forming a successful habit that could potentially change their life.

Here where I can be smart or stupid.

People rarely get convinced by logic when they are in a state of high arousal or when they are very motivated.

So I came up with an idea to introduce them to a story while they are inside the app's onboarding.

I have tried to pack the core teaching inside an inspirational and emotional story. A story in which they can see themselves.

Before I share the story I want to tell you guys I am very confused whether to implement this story idea.

Cause nobody does this kind of stuff on a app's onboarding.

Doing this breaks UI/UX rules.

As this space has some very wise and experienced people.

I would love to get your valuable opinion.

The onboarding story goes like

Scene 1

My mother was the happiest woman alive the day I was born.

Scene 2

She raised me alone — working double shifts, giving everything she had.

Scene 3

I wanted to be someone in life.

I just didn’t want her effort to go to waste.

Scene 4

I started building new habits — studying for hours, doing long meditation along with a huge workout.

Scene 5

After just a few days, I found myself scrolling all day, with no motivation to get out of bed.

Scene 6

I felt like a loser.

Scene 7

I don’t know what she saw on my face, but one day she told me.

Scene 8

She told me: To grow a Chinese bamboo tree, a farmer must water the seed every day for years.

Scene 9

For a long time, nothing appears above the soil.

Scene 10

After years, one day, it finally sprouts...

Scene 11

And within a few weeks, it grows incredibly tall.

Scene 12

People think it grew in 5 weeks.

Scene 13

But that incredible growth only happens because the farmer patiently nurtured the ground for years.

Scene 14

I realized that for years, I had been trying to change my life overnight.

Scene 15

I would start 12-step morning routines, hour-long meditation sessions, trying to wake up at 5 AM, and reading for hours.

Scene 16

These new habits would last for 3–4 days, then I would quit, repeating the same cycle for years.

Scene 17

I asked myself — what if, instead of becoming everything overnight, I started small and got slightly better each day?

Scene 18

I read a few pages instead of studying for hours. Instead of 90-minute workouts, I did just 1 push-up, not 10. I made it so easy that it was impossible to fail.

Scene 19

I stopped trying to change everything overnight and focused on becoming just 1% more better each day.

Scene 20

Today, after years of consistent effort, the effects have compounded.

Scene 21

I feel more productive and disciplined.

Scene 22

Yesterday was the happiest day of my life.

Scene 23

I graduated with top grades, and my mother said to me, “I am proud of you.”

I am really grateful to those who gave their time to understand my problem.

I would really love to get your opinions.