You post on Twitter for 3 weeks straight.

Instead of gaining followers, you're down 10.

You're checking analytics obsessively. Feeling frustrated. Stressed. That energy bleeds into everything, your relationships, your mood, your whole day.

Then week 4 hits.

One post goes viral. Followers flood in. Comments, shares, bookmarks, the whole thing.

Now imagine the same 3 weeks, but this time, you're calm. You post, close the app, and live.

Same result at the end.

Different experience on the way there.

Which scenario do you choose?

The Real Problem

It's 6AM.

You've just woken up and the first thing you do is check your Twitter dashboard.

Another day with no traction.

You're doing the work. Writing posts daily. Engaging with comments. Sending DMs. But you're still stuck under 10 likes and 200 followers.

You ask yourself: "How can I make the algorithm work in my favor?"

The answer is simple: You can't.

Why?

Because you are the algorithm.

And right now, your algorithm is attached to the need to control the outcome.

Checking and obsessing over analytics. Feeling behind. Questioning the path.

Every refresh of your dashboard makes you feel more hopeless. You live in tension, instead of trust. And the more you try to control the result, the more miserable the process becomes.

Each day you feed your internal algorithm with more despair, an emotional code of 0s and 1s, translated into powerlessness, anxiety, and disconnection from yourself.

You started your Twitter journey for a reason. But that purpose is gone. You've forgotten that creation is supposed to feel good.

But Here's the Real Cost

It's not the lack of followers.

It's who you're becoming in the process.

Every time you wake up and reach for analytics, you reinforce the identity of someone who needs external proof to feel okay. Someone who trades peace for numbers. Someone who can't enjoy life unless a dashboard says they're allowed to.

This doesn't stay on Twitter.

It leaks into everything. Your work. Your mood. Your relationships. Your sense of self.

And the craziest part?

You're doing all of this while the movie is already playing.

Life is unfolding scene by scene, but you're jumping into the screen trying to rewrite the plot mid-shot.

You're the actor panicking about the script when your real power is in being the director.

Your job isn't to force the timeline. Your job is to show up.

The moment you try to bend the movie, you step out of flow and into suffering.

The River Flows By Itself

Let me show you what I mean.

Imagine you're standing in a river.

The water is flowing downstream, naturally, effortlessly, without your help.

But you're panicking. You're trying to push the water faster. You're checking if it's moving at the right speed. You're stressed that it's not reaching the ocean fast enough.

So you start swimming upstream. Fighting the current. Exhausting yourself.

The river doesn't care. It flows anyway.

The only one struggling is you.

That's what you're doing with your Twitter growth. With your business. With your life.

You're trying to force the river to move faster. But the river has its own pace.

Your job isn't to control the current. Your job is to float with it.

Here's What Actually Happens

Let's go back to the Twitter example.

Scenario 1: The Struggle

• Week 1: You post. Check analytics. No growth. Feel like shit.
• Week 2: You post. Check analytics. Lost 5 followers. Feel worse.
• Week 3: You post. Check analytics. Still nothing. You're miserable.
• Week 4: One post goes viral. Followers flood in.

Scenario 2: The Flow

• Week 1: You post. Close the app. Go to the gym. Feel good.
• Week 2: You post. Close the app. Spend time with your partner. Feel present.
• Week 3: You post. Close the app. Work on your business. Feel alive.
• Week 4: One post goes viral. Followers flood in.

Same timeline. Same result. Different experience.

In Scenario 1, you suffered for 3 weeks.

In Scenario 2, you lived for 3 weeks.

Which one do you choose?

The Shift You Need to Make

Here's the truth most people miss:

You can't control when results show up. But you can control whether you suffer or feel whole while you wait.

The only thing you actually control is how you show up to your day. How you react. How you feel RIGHT NOW.

You don't control:

• When your post goes viral
• When your business takes off
• When your breakthrough happens

You DO control:

• Whether you check analytics 50 times a day
• Whether you let numbers dictate your mood
• Whether you feel good today or wait for permission from a dashboard

This is the difference between force and flow.

Force = trying to bend the movie, control the timing, push the river faster

Flow = doing your part, then letting go, trusting that results come when they come

What Flow Looks Like in Practice

You wake up.

You post on Twitter. You share your work. You do what you said you'd do.

Then you close the app.

You don't refresh the dashboard. You don't check if it's working. You don't obsess over the numbers.

You go to the gym. You work on your business. You spend time with people you love. You live your life fully.

Not half-present, constantly checking metrics.

Fully present. Fully alive.

And here's the irony: when you stop forcing, results often come faster.

Why?

Because you're not broadcasting desperate energy anymore. You're not trying to control something you can't control.

You're just... creating. Living. Being.

And that energy? That's what people feel. That's what the algorithm rewards.

The Movie Is Already Playing

Life is like a movie that's already been filmed.

The scenes are unfolding. The plot is moving forward. The ending is already there.

But you're in the theater trying to pause it, rewind it, fast-forward it.

You're yelling at the screen: "Why isn't this happening faster? Why am I not there yet?"

The movie doesn't stop for you. It plays at its own pace.

Your power isn't in controlling the timeline.

Your power is in being the director, watching it unfold, trusting the process, showing up for your part.

You're not the actor trying to change the script mid-scene.

You're the director who knows the film will play exactly as it's meant to.

What Changes When You Let Go

Same 3-week timeline. Same viral result at the end.

But you don't suffer through the wait. You feel good today instead of waiting for external validation to give you permission. Stress stops bleeding into your relationships, your mood, your entire day.

You show up to your life fully, not half-present, constantly checking if you're "good enough" yet.

You wake up excited. Not because the numbers went up. But because you're no longer a slave to them.

That's freedom.

Not the absence of goals. Not the absence of ambition.

The absence of attachment to outcomes you can't control.

So Here's What You Do

Next time you're waiting for results, whether it's Twitter growth, business revenue, a relationship breakthrough, ask yourself:

If you catch yourself forcing, obsessing, refreshing dashboards, attaching your worth to numbers:

→ Pause.

→ Breathe.

→ Close the app.

→ Go live your life.

Do your part. Post. Launch. Create. Then let go.

Trust that results will come when they come.Not because you believe in some woo-woo manifestation magic. But because you've stopped wasting energy trying to control things you never controlled in the first place.

Flow, not force.

The river flows by itself. Only the swimmer struggles.

Stop swimming. Start floating.

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Btw, If you’re building on Twitter and you keep catching yourself obsessing over analytics, refreshing dashboards, or spiraling into comparison…

it’s not a strategy problem, it's a pattern.

That’s why I built The Flow Method.

It helps you release those emotional loops in 60 seconds and show up with clarity instead of pressure.

If you want to grow from calm instead of desperation, you can get the full system here, free:

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Talk to you next week. If you have any questions, suggestions for topics you want me to cover, reply to this email. I read them all❤️

— Tomas