I know that trick

It’s the one that talks you out of today / Issue 1,164

Oh, hi friends!

Wowow, I am sleepy. It’s 1:55 a.m. and I was thisclose to putting the laptop away and telling myself, “Just write the newsletter first thing tomorrow morning.” 

But I know that trick.

I won’t want to write it first thing tomorrow morning. 

In fact, I’ll wake up feeling “behind” and my day will start with a little hitch. A little bump. 

The feeling something’s not quite right, not exactly smooth.

And that’s the reminder I needed to just write the newsletter now, in this moment — because this is the moment I have.

Ten minutes of writing (imperfect, messy-but-done writing) will make that bump disappear.

Simple, but not always easy.

What gift will you give your morning self?

What can you do right now to smooth out the rest of your day?

This panther chameleon is unrelated to the topic of the newsletter but I don’t know…are we thinking enough about him? Are we remembering that these things actually exist? And live alongside us? On earth? Take a good look. He’s real.