Be Her Now (Reminder Anchoring)
The work is simple; the hard part is remembering, so anchor reminders everywhere.
- Difficulty
- Starter
- Time to result
- ~days to results
- Steps
- 2
- Confidence
- 80%
Bouchard's answer to the remembering problem is a cue-anchoring practice built around the phrase 'be her now.' Because the future-self work is simple but easy to forget, she scattered post-it notes reading 'be her now' on her mirror, water bottle, phone case, and laptop, and set matching calendar reminders. Each cue is a trigger to instantly drop into and embody her future self, like Nike's 'just do it.' Hala adds a variant from Jordan Harbinger: attaching the identity cue to a physical trigger such as walking through a doorway, so you straighten up and become your best self on a repeated environmental signal.
Origin
Bouchard used the post-it system heavily earlier in her journey when she was not yet living as her future self most of the day.
Core principles
- 01The practice is simple; the difficulty is remembering to do it every day.
- 02Environmental cues offload the remembering so you do not rely on willpower.
- 03A three-word command is enough to snap you back into future-self identity.
- 04Physical triggers like doorways can be trained into identity prompts.
How to run it
- 1
Choose a short identity cue
Pick a three-word command like 'be her now' (or 'be him now') that instantly points you at your future self.
Pro tip Keep it as short as a slogan so it fires instantly, like 'just do it.'
- 2
Anchor the cue across your environment
Place the reminder on your mirror, water bottle, phone case, and laptop, and add it to your calendar so it appears throughout the day.
Pro tip Attach the cue to a recurring physical trigger, like every time you walk through a doorway or exit a car, to embody your best self on autopilot.
In the wild
Bouchard put 'be her now' notes on her bathroom mirror, laptop, and water bottle and added calendar reminders so the cue surfaced constantly through her day.
→ The constant prompting trained her to embody her future self until she now lives as that version most of the day.
Common mistakes
Relying on memory instead of cues
The practice fails not because it is hard but because people forget; without environmental anchors the reminding depends on unreliable willpower.
Is it for you?
Best for
Anyone who knows what to do but keeps forgetting to do it consistently.
Not ideal for
People who find external reminders cluttering or easy to tune out over time.
From the transcript
“It would say these three words, be her now. That is all it said.”
“All of this work is simple, but the hard part is reminding yourself every day.”
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