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Go Team 2023: Just inching forward

Hey Team,

Is anyone else feeling kind of stuck lately?

I’m not stuck on one particular task or in one area of life. I’m not frozen in place.

I’m just kind of metaphorically walking through mud in the various things I’m trying to do, even the routine stuff

This isn’t a crisis situation. I am not in any particular despair. I’m just moving reaaaaaaaaaallllllllyyy slowly.

And I’m trying to just let myself move that way.

I’m trying to avoid the temptation to just push harder.

I’m trying to take it easy on myself, to just keep inching forward, sticking to whatever version of my routines feels do-able on a given day, and trying my okayest for everything I have to do.

We don’t have to push ourselves in every area of our lives every day.

Sometimes, we can just move a little bit at a time.

So, Team, if you’re feeling a bit stuck, a bit slow, if you’re not seeing any progress, I invite you to join me being kind to yourself about it while you just inch forward.

In fact, it’s okay if you centimetre forward or millimetre forward or just wait for a minute while you catch your metaphorical breath.

And I’m offering you this gold star in recognition of your hard work – whatever that work looks like today, or tomorrow, or whenever.

a drawing of a gold star on a white piece of paper.
A drawing of a star outlined in black and filled with concentric circles of gold. Speckles of gold decorate the paper around the star and the whole drawing is resting on a dark blue surface with blue shapes in a slightly lighter blue.