You’re somebody’s great-great-grandparent in training. Act like people will tell stories about you.

From somebody’s point of view a hundred years out, you are the old photo. The stories that travel that far are almost never about achievement. They are about what a person was like, the one thing they always did, the time they stood up for somebody when it cost them. That is less pressure than it sounds, because it lowers the bar from impressive to decent and consistent.

Do one thing this month that would be worth retelling. Take in a friend who needs somewhere to stay, say the unpopular thing, keep a promise after it got inconvenient. Then never mention it again.