It is to tell you that things like hope and despondency, resignation and terror are not useful. They’re just experiences you have, and if they prevent you from taking action, they are not useful to anyone.
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Ask yourself: “What do I care deeply about?” You probably can think of a few things, but don’t think of more than a few things because you probably can only commit to doing one of them.
Connect with other people doing that thing and become reliable for just that one thing. Help others become reliable, too, as best you can, but this is your one thing you definitely show up for and others rely on you for.
Whatever else you add on to or join in on, you keep up this one commitment, and you don’t take on so many more regular commitments that doing all of them wears you down.
Literally, three things is the most most people can manage, and that’s a lot because it includes your low points, too, not just your best moments when everything else is going well.
When you’re stressed and terrified, think about what you can actually do about it, and if the answer is nothing, put it out if your head.
Not because it’s not important but because the things you can impact are too important to let slip away by radiating your limited energy in useless worry.
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But it’s something in particular, and you do it.
Not because it’s not important but because the things you can impact are too important to let slip away by radiating your limited energy in useless worry.