One Thing Today
Archive: 501-600
In which Michael records another 4 am podcast and talks about how external validation has made it easier for him to embrace his changing work and sleep patterns and wonders how life might continue to change if he could learn not to need it.
What shape could your life take if you let it?
In which Michael plans a day with little more in it than resting (and maybe drawing a chutney jar) after having an unexpected visit to the vet yesterday.
In which Michael is again awake in the night, drinking tea and recording today's episode of One Thing Today.
In which is probably a first for One Thing Today, Michael records a middle of the night episode of the podcast.
Here he talks about accepting that life is in the shape it is rather than fighting to make it fit into one that might seem more normal.
In which Michael starts his week with a walk along the seafront and talks about how his enthusiasm (if not energy) has increased after last week's period of dormancy.
In which Michael talks about how sometimes the things that are right for us one day, or even over a much longer period, are not right for us on another.
Recognising and accepting this might not always be easy, but ultimately doing so will lead to fuller and more balanced way of being.
In which Michael talks about having a good day yesterday making chutney and accepting, because he chose to do that, that other things had to be left undone.
In which Michael talks about suddenly realising that he's been regularly doing something that is very unhelpful during his quiet periods of dormancy.
In which Michael records the second podcast of the week from bed and talks about how sometimes there is "hidden" work to do before we can tackle the things that are right in front of us.
In which Michael decides that he is going to embrace dormancy this coming week (and asks for a little help spreading the word about his new course).
In which Michael plans a second day in bed and talks about how giving in isn't the same as giving up.
Michael records this episode of One Thing Today ahead of time and talks about how sometimes when urgent and important coincide, we have to put aside our plans.
In which Michael talks about an idea he's decided to explore in his ongoing experiment in working with aims (rather than goals).
In which Michael talks about the subtle (but important) differences between aims and goals.
In which Michael drinks a morning hot chocolate and talks about how he feels he needs to ground himself after his trip away so not be seduced by the many new ideas bubbling in his head.
In which Michael records a Saturday episode of One Thing Today and proposes the idea of a retreat at Gladstone's Library.
In which Michael reports on his trip home from Gladstone's Library and plans a few quiet days digesting his week away.
In which Michael starts his final day at Gladstone's Library musing about the relationship between goals, deadlines and creative flow.
In which Michael wonders about whether he can have one more day at Gladstone's Library, reports on yesterday's afternoon tea and talks about using up the energy he's been saving up on his visit.
In which Michael plans to make his One Thing for the day sampling the new afternoon tea at Gladstone's Library and talks a little more about his current experiment in goalless working.
In the letter I share a little about my ongoing journey exploring ways to live and create gently. I hope the letter will encourage and inspire you to find ways ways to live and create at the pace that's right for you.
