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Accomplishing That *One* Thing Each Day

This post was originally published on June 24, 2020 on my blog.

Random thought: I feel like today is a birthday of someone I know well but I can't remember whose, so if it's your birthday, happy birthday!

Wednesday morning, folks! I had one of those great wake-up-early-naturally kind of mornings, and they just feel so good. I took little Nelson outside, then dug in a bit to my latest read: Atomic Habits by James Clear.

It's been on my list for a while now, and it finally became available to me on my Libby app, so that's fun.

Today I'm planning on recording another podcast episode (this evening) and signing up for podcast hosting (yay!).

I can't even explain how much of a game-changer it's been in doing just one thing each day to push myself forward on whatever my current goal or project is.

Intuitively, I think we want to try to get as much done as possible each day, but I'm finding that this all too often leads to burnout and apathy.

Doing just one thing each day and being satisfied and proud of myself is the way I want my life to be, always, so I'm practicing that now.

(See also: Designing the Life You Want to Live)

So, podcast eppy tonight, and then I'll probably do another hour or so of learning about and implementing APIs in my JavaScript course on Udemy.

Other than that, we're headed to our fave swim spot today and I can't wait to watch my little sausage, Nelson (dog), go ham for the swims. Cheers!

Thanks so much for reading along! Now let's be friends over on Twitter >>

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