Describe your perfect ordinary day in detail. You’ll find out how much of it you could have this week.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Picture a day you would genuinely be happy with and it usually turns out to contain almost nothing expensive. Particular food, particular company, some time outdoors, a stretch of something absorbing, a quiet ending: most of those parts are available to you right now, which is the surprising bit. What people wait years for is often a detail they could arrange on a Tuesday.
Write the day out in detail, hour by hour, then mark every piece you could have this week. Choose two and put them in the calendar. You will learn how much was waiting on money and how much was waiting on you.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
What would a perfect unremarkable Tuesday look like for you?
MORE IN SOLITUDE & SELF-KNOWLEDGE
- You’re allowed to outgrow a hobby you were known for. People who loved it on you will adjust.
- Take a trip alone, even just a bus to the next town. Figuring out a place by yourself teaches you how you think.
- You can hold two things that don’t match, like loving your town and needing to leave it. Contradictions are normal.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.