[Live link to Austin Kleon’s Keep Going book is here. His weekly newsletter is great too!]
You can cross everything else off you to-do list. (Uh, other than “pay the mortgage”… that might not end well.)
“None of us know what will happen. Don’t spend time worrying about it.”
Easier said than done, I know. But worrying is a waste of your precious time. Don’t take it from me, listen to JC:
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
— Luke 12:25-26
“Make the most beautiful thing you can.”
Laurie Anderson is an artist, musician and filmmaker. It’d be easy to cop out and say “I’m not a creative type like she is, so how can I make the most beautiful thing I can?”
But there’s beauty in the quotidian. Being kind to your co-workers… that’s beautiful. Taking a photo of nature and sharing with your friends? That’s beautiful. Hugging your kids and/or your pets? Lovely! Texting a friend you have seen in a while? Charming! Adding a generous tip to the person serving your coffee? Gorgeous!
“Try to do that every day. That’s it.”
Look at you, making something beautiful! Keep it up! Every day…
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