#414 What you’re doing things for

We all want to avoid doing things that make us miserable.

Yet avoiding them often takes the shape of prioritizing them.

“I’ll do this unpleasant thing first so that I can get to the fun stuff.”

Unfortunately, it seems to be a rule that the more unpleasant tasks you cross off your to-do list, the more unpleasant tasks appear on your to-do list.

Sometimes it makes sense to do the essential things first, even if that means you keep the unpleasant things on your to-do list.

This is not a free pass to avoid unpleasant things and only do something you like.

It’s about doing the things that matter, regardless of whether they’re pleasant.

It’s about coming to terms with the fact that you’ll probably always drown in chores and busy work to do, then doing the important stuff anyway.

Journaling question of the day:

Where are you prioritizing and attracting things that make you miserable instead of doing the work that matters?

There is no such thing as “abstaining from voting” in life.

Whether I decide to write today or not, I’m living my life and voting for an identity.

Whether I decide to do yoga today or not, I’m living a life and voting for an identity.

Whether I eat healthily today or not, I’m living my life and voting for an identity.

Whether I spend time with my family or not, I’m living my life and voting for an identity.

Voting is compulsory. Voting is inevitable.

You might as well do it intentionally.

Write before you start finding reasons not to write.

Run before you start finding reasons not to run.

Love before you start finding reasons not to love.

Before you react to what you fear in the world around you, act on what you feel in the world inside you.

We all live in a maze of mistranslations and misunderstandings about who we think you are and who others think we are.

Now, by lack of a way to know who we truly are, misunderstandings can be comforting, my friend; there’s no doubt about that.

But when you get so lost in the maze that it causes suffering, it might be time to start mending the misunderstandings.

Could it be that mending is nothing more than making another mistranslation about who we are that makes us happier?

After all, I can perceive myself as a struggling writer or a skilled wordsmith – both perspectives hold their truths.

It’s the power of our misunderstandings that molds our reality.