Knocking them off one at a time
Oh, hi friends!
Are you still clearing the decks?
I wrote last week about making a Clear the Decks list for the end of the year. About not taking annoying little tasks with you into 2019.
I elaborated on that idea in this new story for Shine, and I can’t stop thinking about it, and how much resistance we can face when it comes to the most minor tasks.
Right now I’m looking at library books I have to return—I brought them all the way to work, but the library is still a few blocks away. Will I drop them off like I know I should? Or will I head home because I’m tired, and who cares if I click “renew books” for the fifth time?
But maybe the point isn’t to cross the thing off your list. Maybe the point is knowing you can beat resistance—and so when it's time to do something that's a little bit harder, you can do that, too. Again, again, again.
Alright, off to the library. Hope you are too.
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Sharks don't stop swimming. AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU. You’re so close! Keep going!
“Me and my wife never had such opportunities growing up in Mexico. Before we came into this country, we barely even had enough to eat,” Jose Maldonado said in Spanish. “We sacrificed the lives we built in Mexico to come and work in the United States, which paid off in the end because all three of our sons are excellent, hard-working people that have contributed their hearts to those around them.”
This article in my hometown newspaper The Hanford Sentinel was so touching. One of their sons, high school senior Rodrigo Maldonado, got a full-ride scholarship to Stanford University worth around $200,000.
“Rodrigo said his parents are humble inspirations and the greatest contributors to his life, sacrificing a lot to be able to raise and provide for their sons. Even though they faced a lot of adversity and economic struggle, he said they persevered as a family and he would never trade his background for anything.
‘Being able to work with them is one of the greatest honors of my life. They taught me that knowledge can be taken outside of the classroom,’ he said. ‘The value of the lessons that my parents have taught me greatly exceed the value of any amount of money.’”
I’M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING.
I was so sad to see that Penny Marshall died. That voice! That wit! Plus, she was the first woman to direct a $100 million movie!!! I interviewed her back in the day for Newsweek, and she told me her favorite mistake was getting pregnant at 19. (It doesn't end how you think.) RIP, Penny.
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Love, Kara