Less Than

I sat down this morning at a cafe

Underneath one of those big trees that produce those itchy-balls in autumn

In my childhood, we use to collect as many as we could

Start playground wars 

And have “itchy-ball fights”

Then go back into the classroom after recess had ended

And proceed to spend the rest of the day scratching ourselves senseless

Agh…

I had a big article planned for today

Was really excited about it too

I was ready to start my Monday with a bang

Wake up early and be super productive

Then I got 2 hours of sleep…

So

Out of respect to the principles of productivity 

I’m going to do less than I think I can handle

Scratch my to-do list from five things down to two

Rest well

And start again tomorrow

I’m pretty proud of this

Six years ago I never would have even considered the idea of doing less

In this kind of moment

I would have wanted to push through

Called myself weak

And tell myself to toughen up

Just get it done

That mindset did actually get me some results

But It just wasn’t sustainable 

And what’s more

When I looked at my heros and mentors

The people who were getting the results I really wanted to work towards

They all seemed to go slower in order to go faster

And do less in order to do more 

So here’s to sustainable performance 

Here’s to doing less than I think I can handle

Sending hugs

x