Little Nuggets of Time Lead To Big Results

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I set out to accomplish just one little thing per day
I thought I was going crazy 
At the end of each day 
I would wonder how I could have possibly 
Not accomplished the one little thing I had set out to do.

Day after day I still had not managed to pick up a brush and paint.
What had I done all day?

I was going to figure this out
So I logged what I did and 
Listed what I wanted to do
And let me tell you those lists were lobsided

I eventually realized that
I was waiting for the big block of time
And it never came

If I wanted to paint
I’d have to set up a corner
And pick up the brush and do it
Even if it was just for a few minutes at a time 

So I consciously set out to
Convince myself that:
Little nuggets of time lead to BIG RESULTS
I repeated it as a mantra

I’m not saying that I’m cured
But at least…
I don’t think I’m crazy anymore



AP: 3rd place 2022

Posted on March 25, 2018

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