12/01/2025
> > Soulful Saturday 4.0 - Week #41: daily
For almost a year, I’ve had three daily books, each containing a single page of wisdom or intentional reminders. At first, I read them every night before bed, checked the task off, and felt less overwhelmed because it took less than five minutes. But when I started missing a night — too tired, too busy, too rushed — it became easier to miss the next one. Ironically, I spent more time thinking about it than it would’ve taken to just do it.
Eventually, I’d catch up to the current date and vow to stay consistent. But each time I did, the catch-up process felt more like a chore: flipping pages just to return to where I was “supposed” to be, missing the entire point of the pause I wanted to create.
And now, for the first time all year, I’m a day ahead. Not because I’m trying a new strategy, but because the small daily tasks finally added up to something different: feeling a bit less rushed, a bit less obligated, a bit less pressured. And sometimes that tiny sense of accomplishment is enough to nudge us into doing the next thing we’ve been putting off… like exercise. :)