Revisit
My body tells me the What—the right thing to do. Then, my mind figures out the How—the best way to do it. Both are critical to living in alignmen
You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results…Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits.3
James Clear Atomic Habits
So much of my writing practice is simply about writing when the urge to write strikes. If I miss that window or assume it will stick around and wait for me to be ‘ready’ (always a poor assumption), I lose the potential energy of that idea forever. It’s not that I’ll never be able to write again, or perhaps even never write an idea *like that* again... See more
when people put energy into you, attune to it, and give them harmonious energy back
But living like this—with a constant, compulsive awareness of your flaws—can be tiring! The divine discontent can easily tip over into self-hatred and paralyzing perfectionism. How can you be someone with a project, with ambitions, with taste and aspirations…and not make yourself wildly, neurotically unhappy?
Just as you are there to nurse the dough in the window it requires to get the result you want. You can’t do steps 1-8 of a recipe, then decide you’re tired, leave it for 2 days and come back to do steps 8-10 hoping for the same result. This sounds so ridiculous you wouldn’t even try it! Because you know it wouldn’t work. And yet this is how many of... See more
I do love this baking metaphor. It doesn’t match properly but it’s close enough. You know that when you write or do something you must first create leave it and come back not too long after to review the work, taste adjust remove before doing the final steps. You have to strike while the iron is hot and follow through
I’m just gonna do what feels right
you can’t control how you’re seen, so stop trying
