try to be 1% better as frequently as possible. (James Clear says daily, but even monthly will pay off a lot over a career)

For any self improvement where it's equally difficult, and it's only the changing cost, do your best to change immediately.

For example it's basically identical to write, but the latter is much much more valuable code. Identical effort, more value.

    log.Printf("thang blew up: %v", err) 
    // vs
    logrus.WithError(err).Error("thang blew up")

I try my best to seek out those "equally" difficult but better things and eat the change cost asap