Slow down before the turn, not in the middle of it. Most crises are easier to handle a block early.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Almost everything is cheaper to fix before it arrives. In the middle of a turn you have very few options left, while a block earlier you had all of them, and the cost of acting early is only some inconvenience. Problems rarely appear suddenly. They appear suddenly to people who were not slowing down.
Look one block ahead this week. If a deadline, a conversation or a bill is coming, do the small preparing thing now, while it is still small. Ten minutes today is worth an hour at the point where you are already in the corner.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Where could you slow down a block before trouble?
MORE IN PATIENCE & TIMING
- Shelter dogs often need weeks or months to settle into a new home. So do people in new places. Give them both time.
- You can’t fast-forward to twenty-five and skip the parts that make someone twenty-five.
- You don’t have to open the hard message the second it arrives. Read it when you’ve got the headspace to answer well.
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