You can tell what you care about by what you’re still thinking about in the shower.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Attention wanders toward what matters whether or not you have given it permission. In the shower there is no input and no task, so whatever is actually unresolved comes forward on its own. That beats a list of priorities, since nobody writes one honestly and nobody can fake what their mind returns to.
Keep track for a week of what keeps showing up there. One subject, one person, one decision. Then give the top item twenty real minutes, since a mind stops circling something once it has been looked at.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
In the shower this morning, what were you still turning over?
MORE IN SOLITUDE & SELF-KNOWLEDGE
- Stocking shelves at night doesn’t define you. But what you notice and think about while doing it might.
- Notice when your shoulders creep up toward your ears. Your body often knows you’re stressed before your brain admits it.
- The people you look up to are a rough sketch of who you’re trying to become. Pick them carefully.
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