Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

— Michelangelo

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Whatever you make is made of small things, and the small things are what people feel without being able to name them. A hem, a pause, a returned message, the way a line is spaced. Each one seems too minor to bother with, which is exactly why most of them get skipped. Getting them all right is not a minor undertaking; it is most of the work.

Pick one thing you make regularly and list the details you have been letting slide. Choose two and do them properly this week, even though nobody asked. Notice whether the whole thing feels different.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which small detail in your work do you keep skipping?

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