MONDAY MAYHEM

Monday’s return after taking a weekend can always feel a bit jarring, but today’s beginning to the work week felt especially fast-paced and action-packed. Part of the reason for that is definitely because I became distracted by my phone this morning, and lost some of the precious early hours of the day to reading the news. Normally, I try to keep those hours as phone-free as possible in order to preserve them for things like morning pages and meditation, so I can head into my day with intentionality and focus. The main thing which side-tracked me this morning was reading this must-read editorial in the New York Times about anti-Asian racism and violence, so it was still time well-spent, but the price was the feeling like I was victim to my schedule today, scrambling from appointment to appointment, never feeling like I was finishing enough of the day’s to-do list. 

The upside of this was that after a few frozen weeks where nothing seemed to be progressing on any front, things seem to be flowing again and my day was actually a pretty busy one with energizing meetings about various projects. A bunch of different initiatives gained some traction today, and everyone wanted to touch base. Still, it’s one of those days where my practice time has almost completely slipped away from me, and I almost didn’t have the energy or time to get this post in. I’m grateful today for the accountability this little 30 day experiment requires, because under normal circumstances, I would have fallen off the wagon and not written anything today.

I am a firm believer in the idea that something is better than nothing, and while I wouldn’t normally publish a post in which I am treading water, I am still glad I am getting something down on the page today. Maybe it’s something that would eventually be tossed on the trash heap, but at least it still keeps my writing muscles engaged, and even a modicum of progress is preferable to none at all.

Hopefully, tomorrow I’ll be a bit more mindful about resisting my phone’s addictive temptation, and I’ll be able to navigate my way through the work day with a slightly better sense of purpose and ownership.