1205: Find the tiny moments of joy
We’re kick starting the new week with a challenge that runs counterintuitive to so much of the productivity advice we hear, but is SO important!
Episode transcript:
Good morning, daily peppers. And a very happy Monday to you. It is the start of a new week, and it's time to kick off this new week with a compassionate bang. So in the personal development world, one of the things that I think is really fun is doing experiments, seeing life through different lenses, and really challenging ourselves in a really fun way. And I've got a fun challenge for you this week. And is this, what if this week you measured success not by the amount of things that you got done on your to do list, but by the number of tiny moments of joy? I don't know about you, but it is so easy to go into the week with so much shit I have to do that I barely stop to take a look around me, and I get so involved in what I'm doing. And while I get a tenner shit done, I probably miss a load of tiny moments of joy. That could be by being on my phone and check an email when I'm in the queue in a shop. It can be by just putting my head down and not taking a proper break. And I know I'm not alone.
For so many of us, we do naturally worry about having enough time and the sheer number of things that we need to squeeze into the seemingly shrinking amount of time we have. But I think one of the things that we can completely unintentionally end up doing is spending so much time on focusing on getting everything done and being as efficient as possible and missing a lot of the small magical moments. And it doesn't have to be major. It could be intentionally taking a 5 minute break to look out the window and watching the birds. It can be getting a bit of fresh air when usually we would power through, and just taking in the world around us when we get the bus or when we're in the queue rather than trying to be productive at the same time. The older I get, the more I realize that I am truly shit at multitasking. And I find that very frustrating in the past, but I'm starting to find that quite nice. Because I've given up trying to do tons of things at once because I know my brain just doesn't operate that way.
My brain feels a hell of a lot calmer for it, and I feel like I get to experience more of the magic moments. So that is my challenge for you today. What if you measured this week's success by the number of small moments of joy you receive rather than the amount of work you do and just see what happens? At the end of the day, it's all an experiment. We tend to be very curious around here. So let's put our curious superpowers to use. Have a fabulous rest of your day. And a quick reminder that if you're planning to order from my pop up shop, orders close tomorrow, so get yours in soon. Have a good one.
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