Don't be afraid to adapt.

Set goals. Meet goals. Adapt goals.

Sometimes in life, you just gotta adapt. Maybe you make a goal. Maybe you’re keeping that goal, but you decide to change it midway through. That’s what I’m about to do.

Reading has fueled me. But at the end of last year, I could feel myself slowing down. I knew I needed something to push me forward, so I set a goal of reading 100 pages per day. And I’ve been doing a pretty good job keeping up with it—I’ve read 37 books because of it.

Now, when I made the goal, I’ll admit—it was a little ambitious. 100 pages per day. That’s manageable if we’re talking weekdays only… but I didn’t make that stipulation. I committed to seven days a week. And while it’s easy to keep up with during the workweek, it becomes a struggle on the weekends, when you’re trying to get things done around the house, prepare for the week ahead, and, of course, spend time with your family.

But still, by the end of May, I was crushing it. I’d worked hard and was on pace to hit my goal. But then something unexpected happened. We got a call from my mother-in-law: my father-in-law was in the hospital with stage four pancreatic cancer. We dropped everything and went to see him on Friday. We took the kids back on Saturday.

Two days. No reading.

Can’t blame myself for that. I needed to be there for my family. Now I’m almost 300 pages behind. I could be upset about it. But I’m not. I understand—you have to make choices.

It’s June now, and I have a lot going on. Helping my family through this new transition is going to take extra time and energy I hadn’t planned for. After my family, building the No Cap Fund into a successful organization that gets America talking about representation in 2026 is my top priority.

So now I’m adapting my goal.

No longer is it reading 100 pages a day. My goal now is to write something every day. Whether it’s for The Uncapped Papers, a Geeky Stoics post, an op-ed for The Hill, reading tips for The Flannel Dino, or Parenting and Politics advice for Politics and Parenting— my new goal is to write.

Writing is the next step in my journey. It will be easier to hit than reading 100 pages every day, freeing up more time for my family. And it’s the skill I need to exercise the most to grow No Cap Fund.

Don’t worry, I’m still going to read. But it won’t be a priority—at least not in June.

In June, the priorities are family, representation, and writing.

Stay tuned so you don’t get left behind, and make sure you subscribe. Remember—it's okay to change course. It’s okay to set a goal aside when it no longer serves you or your family. The journey of self-improvement is never-ending. It takes reflection, effort, and grace.

Keep moving forward.

Peace & Love,

Jeff Mayhugh