My epic day of complaining
Oh, hi friends!
I spent most of yesterday complaining.
About this assignment and that gig and why is this entire family standing in front of the sandwich display case at Pret, don’t they know I’m so hangry right now I could scream. About the soggy weather, missing a train, the sweltering subway platform. About disappointing myself, not having the time to write, not writing when I do have time, about being behind, behind, behind.
Probably 80% of these complaints were in my head. 10% manifested themselves digitally in text messages. Hopefully only about 10% were spoken out loud.
But 80% of these complaints won’t even be relevant tomorrow. 10% no longer exist right now, a few hours after they popped up. And the last 10%? They’ll linger for awhile, and eventually get resolved.
So that means I spent most of the day whining about things that have no real significance or bearing on…anything at all.
Huh.
Good to know.
Now I’m curious to see what happens when all that energy is put to use elsewhere.
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"The times where you fatigue aren't the times you're working the hardest. The times you fatigue are when you're being least yourself. You're not being true to who you are and what you want."
From Tom Bilyeu’s Impact Theory podcast
Whoa. This one really got me. No matter how tired I am, when I turn to the work that satisfies me creatively, I get a second, third, fourth wind. Is this true for you, too?
Sometimes you just need to watch DJ Khaled talk about having a vision and challenging yourself and staying focused for nine whole minutes, you know? There’s inspiration from everyone, everywhere, all the time. He makes me laugh. That's no small thing.
PS — My latest piece for Shine is about why you finish some things and not others. I dig into Gretchen Rubin’s “Four Tendencies” idea, that we each fall into the categories of Upholder, Obliger, Questioner, or Rebel. I’ve found it extremely helpful to think about these tendencies over the years!
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara