What’s the Smallest Action You Can Take Today?
Sometimes, that's enough
I’ve had a bit of a month, as we Brits tend to say when our whole lives fall apart.
A (sudden, shocking) family bereavement. A family diagnosis. A messy stressy five weeks or so, with (thank God) just a few bright spots on the horizon.
It’s knocked me back, which has meant a couple of missed newsletters and very little new writing for my reading public. For that I apologize.
Moving forward, I’m looking at the smallest action I can take each day to move me towards my goals. It might be:
Writing a paragraph
Reading a few pages
Sharing something useful with my community
Commenting on an article I love
Reaching out to another writer whose work I enjoy
Tidying up in some way (digitally or physically)
None of these actions take a huge amount of time or effort, and none of them – taken alone – propel me very far towards where I want to go.
But they help. They go a (teeny tiny) way towards me slowly moving forwards. And that’s better than nothing.
The small action I took today was to write this newsletter. I’m in a place right now where that alone is an achievement. If you are too, pick a small action. Pick, perhaps, the very smallest action you can take that still moves you in the right direction. And do that.
Some thoughts from others I’ve been enjoying this week
Refresh and refine your creative spirit from
The Real Reason People Don’t Subscribe To Your Newsletter from
365 Lessons We Learned in Our First Year on Substack from
andWhat else I’ve been up to this week
Listening to: The Creative Penn podcast
Reading: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Ann Bronte (I’m on a quest to re-read my favorite classics this year)
Working on: Eating better, sleeping like my life depends on it (because it does), and exercising like I’m five years old
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