Disappointed today. I spent 30 minutes crafting my response, soul searching, creating new determinations for my life…
I hit the “Save Draft” button and the server crashed. Meh.
I’m not rewriting it. Life’s too short. I’ve posted the prompt below if you’re interested but here’s the gist of my response.
I am already in motion to end the “always something better” spiral. I have already put goals into motion to remove multipe items off my “To Do” list (largely associated with the sale of this beautiful but unfinished log house). The act that I would perform if only given one life to live would be to write “the Veronica book”. And in the end I do resolve to not wait another week, to remove items immediately from my “To Do” list (without waiting on the house sale), and make time for the book I yearn to write.
Come Alive by Jonathan Mead
“Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you had one week left to live, would you still be doing what you’re doing now? In what areas of your life are you preparing to live? Take them off your To Do list and add them to a To Stop list. Resolve to only do what makes you come alive.
Bonus: How can your goals improve the present and not keep you in a perpetual “always something better” spiral?
