The cursor just keeps blinking while I stare at it on an empty page.
I have gone fishing in the metaphorical ocean of thought.
When I start writing something, the blinking is replaced by letters that seem to come out of nowhere, forming thoughts I didn't know I had.
I think how you start your day, for example, matters a lot more than we give it credit for. The former sets a precedent or foundation of sorts on what the day could be like in terms of energy, momentum, and overall trajectory.
Even so, whenever I start a day on a wrong footing, which seems to be becoming frequent as of late, it's uneasy for me to pick up a resigned attitude and passively wait for the bad day to end, hoping for the next one to be better.
I'd rather scrap the whole foundation somehow and get along with the day, doing the needful, like it's any other day.
Two remarks.
First, this obviously doesn't always work. Ever tried forcing yourself into the mindset of an athlete when you're having an off day?
In practice, that's what it looks like on such days. The race track is non-existent and you can't tell where the wind that's blowing against you is coming from.
I can't argue against taking a break for clarity to come back as opposed to doing anything to get going with little to no sense of direction.
One is a straight sharp shooter and the other is spray-and-pray.
A better way to frame it, however, is one is precision-focused and the other becomes momentum-focused.
Personally, I'm leaning more with the other camp. I had a role model that wouldn't stop drilling how motion and how action precedes clarity.
Till to this day, I'm not fully onboard with the "wait for the right moment" philosophy.
I think being a straight sharp shooter is way more efficient, but I guess I can only reach there by first going through the messy phase of just moving forward.
The second remark is always interesting to observe and experience.
It is a counterintuitive discovery that rough starts can lead to surprisingly good endings.
Scrapping the whole foundation when a day is started on the wrong foot increases the likelihood of ending on a positive note later on during the day provided of course action is taken towards that outcome.
Like the setback earlier in the day ensures you make the turn towards a good note, so to speak, at the tail end of the day.
One step backwards, two steps forward kind of thing.
I'm not sure if this is making complete sense, but experientially, there's something to be said for the power of deliberate course corrections rather than writing off entire days.
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