Talking about what you’re going to do feels like progress. Your brain can’t tell the difference. Your results can.

Announcing a plan gives you nearly the same warm feeling as finishing one. You get the nods, the encouragement, the sense of being a person who is doing the thing, and your head quietly files it as a small win. The scoreboard disagrees. Nothing moved, and some of the motivation that would have pushed you has already been spent.

Keep the next one quiet until there is something real to show. Train for two weeks before you mention that you are training. Let the telling be a report instead of a preview.