9.4.12

Sometimes I'm an unfocused mess and unable to determine what actually needs my attention and what can wait. There were times this past summer semester that I returned from teaching a 6-hour class hungry, tired, and talked out. And needing to use the bathroom. My impulse with all these competing needs was to crawl up in fetal position and call it a night. Except I would still be in the office and have a 40-minute MUNI ride ahead of me.

Interesting when there are so many things that need attention that our default is just to do nothing at all. I'm learning there is value to still choosing to do the next thing - biting the bullet when there's a hard pill to swallow (here, cliches seem to nail my point!).