The afternoon left unscheduled can reveal what you reach for without instructions.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

Preferences are hard to see when every hour is spoken for. Give yourself a genuinely empty stretch, with no plan and no one waiting, and what you drift towards is a fairly honest report on what you actually like, as opposed to what you say you like or intend to like. The first twenty minutes are usually restlessness. What comes after that is the useful part.

Leave one afternoon this week unplanned, and afterwards write down what you did without deciding to. Do not judge the list. Just notice whether your calendar has room for any of it.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Given a free afternoon, what do you actually end up doing?

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