Hi! It’s been over two months since my last post, which, again, is embarrassing. I don’t like a digital footprint tracking my procrastination. And yet here I am, slogging along. The more I force myself to write even when I don’t want to, the better my writing will be for it, right?

Or something like that.

There are 28 minutes until I go to my shelter cat training, and damn it if I won’t make use of them.

Today’s topic: the concepts of good enough/doing enough.

I am tired. I’m tired of thinking I’m not doing enough. I’m tired of my wonderful friends not thinking they’re good enough. There are so many people walking around this world berating every move they make. The judgement is draining. What if we thought the little bit of good we do is enough?

What if you applauded yourself for getting out of bed and to work on time this morning?

What if you were happy that you got to spend time with a friend instead of applying for a bunch of jobs tonight?

What if taking a break from the connected world and tuning it out was a choice for you next week?

How about kudos for sleeping in and resting because you really needed it?

Or a gold star for trying something, failing, and deciding you’ll get up tomorrow and do it again?

We’re always claiming kindness, but forget to show it to ourselves, people close to us, and even acquaintances and people we don’t know.

I think we all get a pass. Not for huge, hurtful events we need to reflect on and work to do better in the future, but for the small stuff.

If you’re trying to be the best writer you can be, but haven’t written anything personal for a few months (or years), you’re absolved.

That night you cancelled plans with an obviously fake excuse and got into your pjs, breathing a sigh of relief? Be free!

You’re attempting to make the world a better place, but feel overwhelmed and want to quit today? It’s okay. You’ve got tomorrow.

This isn’t a blurb on how to say “screw it” to everything, stay in bed, and never talk to anyone or take care of yourself ever again. It is a note for me and you that we can’t be all things at all times. We are allowed to take breaks, breakdown, and quit. We aren’t allowed to pitch it in the bin and never try.

The tiny bit of good you do today matters. Let’s take a break from the comparison and internal monologues, shall we?

Let me know what you think below if you care to!