Trees never show their growth day to day. You only see it when you count the rings.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

Growth that is real is usually invisible at the scale you live at. Nothing about today will look different from yesterday, which is exactly why daily inspection is a poor way to judge whether something is working. The change is accumulating in a layer too thin to see, and it only becomes obvious when you look across a long enough stretch.

Stop checking for evidence every evening. Set a marker instead, something you can compare against in three months, and leave it alone until then. Let the work be boring in between.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which slow effort of yours looks stalled up close?

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