As a guided journal, it also includes a progressive habit tracker you can use for your own year-long project to build the twelve keystone habits, helpful prompts for breaking through sticking points and additional tracking sheets once the year is over.<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n You can get the book on Amazon in hardcover<\/a>, paperback<\/a> and Kindle<\/a> formats.<\/p>\n The Foundations project I finished last year was one of the best projects I\u2019ve done. In one year, I worked through twelve different habits, improving my fitness, productivity, finances and relationships. I read over 100 books<\/a>, lost weight, improved my sleep and just generally became a happier person.<\/p>\n While we still plan on running the full companion course<\/a> (next session starts in May) with its 160+ lessons, guided worksheets and community coaching, I understand that not everyone is able to participate in a premium course. Therefore, to try to make the project more broadly accessible, I created a condensed version of what we taught in the course in this guided journal.<\/p>\n This is my first foray into guided journals. For those unsure of what that means, exactly, it\u2019s a mixture of a regular book, structured prompts for your own reflection, and a handy habit tracker that allows you to pursue your own version of the Foundations project.<\/p>\n Just to put that in context, the full manuscript is a little over 20,000 words. In comparison, my two traditionally published books, Ultralearning<\/a> and Get Better at Anything<\/a>, were around 75,000 words.<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> The book is also more to-the-point and action-oriented than my typical nonfiction book writing, as the idea is to give you everything you need to know to succeed with transforming your foundations for life.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve seen my Foundations project and are serious about undertaking it yourself in full, the journal is a perfect guide.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to implement a just few of the habits, the information contained is exactly what you need to get started.<\/p>\n And even if you\u2019re still on the fence and aren\u2019t sure if you want to start anything yet, the book is still a great read. Who knows, you might even convince yourself to embark on some new efforts to make your life better?<\/p>\n The Foundations <\/em>guided journal is published through Amazon and is available in paperback<\/a>, hardcover<\/a> and Kindle<\/a> (with links to PDFs for the tracker and journal prompts).<\/p>\n I hope you\u2019ll enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it!<\/p>\n Special thanks to my editor Maria Bengtson, designer D\u00e1vid Csere, course production lead Vat Jaiswal and my wife, Zorica, who encouraged me to create the journal!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Announcing a new book and guided journal: Foundations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-personal-development","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nWhat is a Guided Journal?<\/h2>\n
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