Office by Alex Penny
where i go?
day 14 complete
Two full weeks down. This combination of meditation in the morning, a song for the day, and a post reflecting on the two has dare I say, become a routine. It is a set of recurring activities, which I have introduced into my life by force of will.
In the face of dreary mornings, the distraction of the weekend, hangovers, and the loss of the excitement of the new, I have been able to stick with this set of recurring activities. These habits. The activities are small and not that hard. They don’t require a lot of time, or even effort. By themselves, they don’t really amount to much at all. And yet, strung out in a line, day by day, one after another, their significance grows. Though the sittings are quite short, they have added up to over an hour and a half of meditation. I have bought myself over $14 worth of music the last two weeks, from 14 different artists. I have sat down to write, something, anything 14 times and produced something I can share with friends and strangers, consistently.
All of these wonderful things have accumulated through a simple method. One day at a time. One day at a time is all we can do, really. There is so much I want to accomplish, so much about myself and the world I want to change. For most of my life the change I want to be has seemed so big, so insurmountable that I secretly believed it all impossible. I am beginning to see possibility. I am beginning to see progress. Small, but recurring. Where it leads, I cannot know. But I will get there. One day at a time.
