Personal proof

Doing what needs to be done / Issue 1,183

Oh, hi friends!

Tiny moments of satisfaction. 

Look, the bed is made. 

Checking in with whoever needs a check-in.

Complimenting the color of a stranger's coat.

Clicking publish.

Packing a snack.

Making the call.

Finding your cursor at the bottom of the page, when this morning you were at the top.

Sharing your toast.

Wrestling the thing you’ve put off for two, wait now it's three, years.

Planning tomorrow.

Tiny moments of personal satisfaction. The doing of what needs to be done, not for praise or external purpose, but for the synaptic glow of pride that you feel in yourself, for yourself. Proof. I did it and it's done.

You control the tiny moments. The big ones, too. But the tiny ones make up your day.

“Don’t Worry” by Mary Oliver

Things take the time they take. Don’t worry.
How many roads did Saint Augustine follow
before he became Saint Augustine?

(From Felicity)

Inspired by yesterday’s newsletter and shared by friend of the newsletter Edward S.!

What Would You Like to Do By Friday?

A friend recently completed one of those annoying-and-unenviable tasks she’d been putting off for a few years. (Remaking her website.)

This got me thinking: What kind of deadline do you need for your non-deadline tasks?

And a further think led me to this: What if I gave us a group deadline of this Friday?

Perhaps not relevant for you right now. But maybe…relevant for some?

Our deadline for the thing: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 4 p.m. ET

The thing you’ve been putting off, the thing you don’t want to take into the weekend, the thing that might take 20 minutes, the thing that might take four hours.

If you need a deadline, there it is. And if you need some “say it out loud” accountability, hit reply and tell me what you’re doing or let me know in the comments.

Cheering you on, always.