Insights
#411 The meaning is in the moment
The meaning of your life is not in the goals you crave.It’s not in the results you chase.Nor is it in the habits you create. The meaning is in what you do in this very moment.And the next moment.And the one after that. The meaning is in your collection of actions. In your collection of…
#410 You don’t have to be good at this
You don’t have to be good at this today. If you were, you wouldn’t have to practice. And if you wouldn’t have to practice, it wouldn’t be fun And definitely not fulfilling. You don’t have to be good at this today.
#409 Prepare for when you don’t have a choice
You write every day so you’re ready on the day you are forced to write. You run every day so you’re ready on the day you are forced to run. You show up when you have a choice, so you’re ready when you don’t have a choice anymore. Because that’s when your character shows.
#408 Come what may, you’ll be okay
Come what may, you will be okay. You can trust yourself. Breathe in, breathe out. Then go on with your day.
#407 You won’t achieve your greatest desires
Writing every day won’t always help you achieve your greatest desires. But it might help you lose them — when you realize that what you really wanted was not the outcome, but the feeling of consciously choosing who you want to be, and consciously acting in alignment with that choice. Once the desires have fallen…
#406 Show up today, just because
Must your writing get read?Or is it important to write, just because? Must you win the races you run?Or is it important to run, just because? Must you get recognition for showing loyalty and love? Or is it important to show loyalty and love, just because? Just because it aligns with the person you want…
#405 You don’t have to change who you are
You don’t have to change or improve who you are. But you could develop new parts of your character without dismissing the existing parts. They’re not the same thing.
#404 Up and down we go
Through ups and downs Up and down we go. Every high, every low. Every blow. On we flow. Because tomorrow, we star in another show. That’s all I know.
#403 When you change, everything changes
Today, you can do things differently from yesterday. And if you do, then today, you start changing. And when you change, everything changes. It’s as simple as that. If only it were easy to start doing things differently…
#400 3 lessons from 400 consecutive days of writing (and a request)
Today marks day 400 of the Daily Insight newsletter – which calls for a longer post and a question for you. Let’s start with three lessons I learned from publishing daily. Lesson 1: Writing when not you’re not inspired IS the point I wasn’t inspired every day in the past 400 days – but many…
#399 You don’t need to know what tomorrow will bring
You don’t know what tomorrow will bring. But you do have a say in how you spend today. And when you go to bed, and tomorrow becomes today, you’ll have a say in that day too. And when you spend every today doing what’s important, maybe you don’t even need to know what the future…
#398 Break free from who you don’t want to be
Running when you actually don’t want to go outside. Writing when you don’t feel like writing at all. Standing up for who you want to be. That’s how you finally break free.