How will you know when you get there?
“Know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.” —Stephen R. Covey
If the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall, he liked to say, you’ll only get to the wrong place faster.
Would you be proud of what you were doing?
How you were doing it?
Who you were doing it for?
Mindfulness in each task leads to mindfulness in all things.
You may have noticed by now, but…
Many of my blog posts probably seem like they’re written for me.
That’s by design—this blog, more than anything, is a way to get my thoughts out of my head and into the world. And often, these thoughts are ones I wish someone had told me years ago. Or perhaps reminders of what’s important. Or what I need to pay attention to.
This isn’t uncommon. One of the greatest books of philosophy was never meant for publication.
It was a journal that Marcus Aurelius wrote in every day to remind himself how to live. To practice what he was learning. To gird himself against the trials and tribulations of his time (and there were many). That book became Meditations.
St. Augustine also had a journal that became a book of wisdom. As did Ralph Waldo Emerson. Their musings became widespread, even though that wasn’t the goal.
So maybe you should start a daily blog. Or a daily YouTube video.
Not because you’ll get famous. Or because you’ll make a lot of money. (You probably won’t do either.)
Do it to stretch that muscle of putting your ideas into the world. And maybe also to tell yourself what you need to hear.
Who knows? Maybe someone else will benefit from it too.
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