I make up acronyms all the time. Some of them stick with me. The acronym habit might be a product of growing up in a military household.
Here, in no particular order, are a few of my favorite ones. (By the way, just because I said I made it up doesn’t mean someone else didn’t previously make it up. If you learn of an instance of any of these that is not by me, let me know so I can give proper attribution.)
POFIFOTO – Been using this one for some years now. It stands for “Put One Foot In Front Of The Other,” and I use it to keep myself moving forward when it feels like I’m getting derailed and discouraged, indulging in catastrophic thinking about the enormity of whatever task or mission.
NOGARA – No One Gives A Rat’s Ass. I think I made this of a couple of years ago. It originally was negative self-talk, meaning, nobody cares about your stupid work or effort. But, more recently I have turned it around, and I instead use it to talk myself out of beating myself up when I have said or done something stupid. Own it, make amends, move on, do better. Nobody cares that much about my blunder (as long as I own it); they are all involved in their own stuff.
NETIFEB – Not Every Thing Is For Every Body. Just started this one, I use it to keep myself focused on quality (of the work I put out) rather than quantity (mass appeal, Likes etc.).
DAISNAID – Do As I Say, Not As I Do. Or, also, Do As I Say, Not As I’ve DONE. This one is for when there’s a communication habit or other behavior that I have found to be ineffective, and am therefore in the process of changing. Or something unhelpful that I don’t do anymore but that I have fallen into in the past.