Oh, hi friends!
What do you do with a day?
You cover it end to end with activities and commitments.
You encounter people: strangers, friends, email avatars, yourself.
You plan or you drift.
You dive in or avoid.
You clean up yesterday’s messes and create ones for tomorrow.
You take a single moment for yourself. (Simple, really.)
And maybe — hopefully — you make something new.
What will you do with your day?
“Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting times when you start working on the first few pages of a novel. Every day, you have the feeling you are on the wrong track. This creates a strong urge to go back and follow a different path. It is important not to give in to this urge, but to keep going. It is a little like driving a car at night, in winter, on ice, with zero visibility. You have no choice, you cannot go into reverse, you must keep going forward while telling yourself that all will be well when the road becomes more stable and the fog lifts.”
From author Patrick Modiano’s Nobel Prize speech in 2014.
Keep going forward. All will be well.
The Dogs Know What to Do
Can you tell I like The Washington Post’s “Inspired Life” column? Actually, it’s Colin who loves it the most and sends me the best ones. This edition, about a “puppy bus” in Alaska, will make you want to a) move there, b) start a puppy bus of your own, c) or teach your dog how to find and sit in their assigned seat.
And I guess it’s another reminder that almost anything can be learned with enough repetition.