Would things still get done if I spent the day as I wanted to?

Well, the fun stuff would get done. And that's what scares me.

Julie Kenny
2 min readDec 2, 2024

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I'm still reading through Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman,

Yesterday's meditations asked:

What if things were easy?

Today's was about not being your own worst enemy.

Or what if I was more relaxed about what I do in a day?

It's a challenging thought, as before I read this meditation, I firmly believed that I had failed today. After November's reflection, I decided that in December, my goal was to reduce how much I do a day.

Then I read all night, got up at nine-thirty am and worked solidly until three pm. All on one project. This has now led to me having to do the things I didn't do during the afternoon this evening.

I was berating myself until I read this.

How would you like to spend your day today?

I'd gotten my teeth into the editing process and wanted to continue. So I did. I do have training tomorrow, and I would like to spend time preparing for that, but I can do that tonight and tomorrow. It's not a disaster and I do tend to overprepare anyway.

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Julie Kenny
Julie Kenny

Written by Julie Kenny

Writer | Executive Coach and Trainer | Triathlete | Mother | visit me at https://www.garnettrainingandconsultancy.com/

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