In a chaotic month, the little commitments you still keep are proof the chaos isn’t running the show.

Routines you keep through a chaotic month are the evidence that something in your life is still yours. When circumstances take the large decisions, the small ones become the whole of your say: the run, the made bed, the Sunday phone call. They look trivial and they are holding weight. What you still choose is a measure of how much of you is intact.

Pick two small commitments and hold them through the mess, in reduced form if necessary. Do not add more while things are hard. Those two are the thread you will follow back out.