Do Less This Week (And Win More)

A bear or a tree or a bird looks and acts different in every season. But sometimes it feels like as humans, we’re supposed to be the same all year round.

Seasons change. And people change too. Change can be a beautiful thing, but it requires time for us to adapt.

I am finally finding my summer flow, which always happens around the middle of July.

As I start adapting my schedule and my life to a season that looks and feels very different from a cold Canadian winter, I see a familiar pattern emerging.

There is a part of me that wants to rush back into that glorious feeling of full summer flow.

Combined with my tendency to overcommit and over-schedule my life, I end up taking on too much, too soon.

Since I’m still in the early days of my 2023 summer flow, I don’t yet have the momentum required to uphold these commitments.

What I’ve learned is that it’s better to take small, consistent steps first, and allow my engine to build momentum naturally.

So this week instead of stacking 20+ things onto each day, I am going to do less and win more.

(By winning I mean doing what I said I was going to do.)

• Because winning builds momentum.
• Winning builds confidence.
• Winning builds the hunger to add more things to my life.

So this week my win is to go for a 5 minute walk every day.

I know 5 minutes is ridiculously short, but that’s the point.

If I choose to walk for longer that’s fine, but my goal is to slowly, lovingly get my engine going.

So, is there one simple thing you are willing to commit to this week to build momentum and summer flow?

And if so, what would happen if you made it even simpler? (E.g. making 20 min walk into a 5 min walk.)

If you want, reply to this post and let me know your one simple thing this week. And let’s get that summer momentum rolling.

Big love,

D