But despite my affection for all those seasons, it's spring and summer that always seem to carry me upwards. Certainly by mid-September my mood tends to dip, and my energy levels fade... then as the weather turns warmer and sunnier by early November, I seem to rally accordingly, even though I'm not really a fan of summer heat.
Maybe I'm a pod person and I just need photosynthesis to survive, haha.
I'm already working on my goals for 2020, and I've made a lot of progress health-wise over the last few weeks. I feel like the whole world is opening up to me, that I have the ability to learn whatever skill I need to, and face any challenges that come up.
But maybe it's not just the sunlight buoying me. Maybe it's also the slow, cumulative effect of increased mindfulness thanks to this planner project, and a year of healing from my demanding previous job. In fact it seems like a bad idea to just thank the sunlight, because that gives away the credit when really I've been working so, so hard to try and reach a point like this.
Really, there's no single action, or habit, or phenomena that is lifting me up right now. It's many, many small decisions, actions, and influences. Which really, is such a fantastic thing. It's so much easier to chip away gently and slowly at the rock surrounding your life, than make one single, big kick and break free. It means that being able to change yourself and grow is available to anyone willing to do something small that magnifies over time. Rather than the far more difficult challenge of achieving one single, enormous feat.
All that said, I'm grateful to the sunlight.
☑ weekly planner accountability check-in, leblanc curry edition pic.twitter.com/2D4p8gjx02— sassa @ davesprite literature club (@AWildSassaApprs) November 12, 2019
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