When Did Ease Start to Mean Not Good Enough?

I started my day crouched over the computer, researching hashtags and fighting with ChatGPT to give me a description for the Life Unscripted episode I was about to publish.

When did asking for something simple turn into a fight and a race against time?

I had a specific time I wanted the episode to go live, but the metrics—the title, thumbnail, description, tags, and more—had other plans.

Eventually, everything decided to work together, and I hit publish just in time to head out for a brisk morning walk.

3.10 miles later, I rushed back home to jump on a Zoom call that, at the time, I didn’t realize was about to change my life.

Three hours later, after a very long, hot shower, I decided I needed to take a break.

Why?

I learned so many things on that Zoom call that I knew I needed time to absorb it all, so I went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

A few hours later, while I was busy working on something else, the thought hit me—I know exactly what my thing is!

How could I have been so blind?

The thing I had been dismissing all along was the thing that made the most sense.

By the way, when did ease become the reason to eliminate something immediately?

Seems crazy, right? But it’s something I consistently did.

I’ve written off so many things I did really well simply because I convinced myself it was too easy to be valuable.

Why on earth did I convince myself that I had to struggle and fight for something to be worth something to me? Why can’t it be easy?

The thing is, it was easy all along—and I didn’t value it because it was easy.

What is that thing?

Journaling.

Even though I did it almost every day and loved doing it, I still overlooked it.

When I had trouble writing blog posts, I wouldn’t go a week without journaling.

Make it make sense!

I’m so glad I no longer believe something has to be difficult for it to be valuable. I now know that it should feel effortless.

I wrote all about this in my new blog post: How I Found My Thing + 7 Journaling Prompts to Find Yours, click here to read.

Also, Episode 37 of Life Unscripted has been published. It’s about floating through a chilly, unpredictable June in New York, finding comfort in small rituals, and learning to just go with the flow. Click here to watch Stop Fighting Change: How I’m Learning to Just Go with It.

As always, thank you for being here.

Now go enjoy my creations

Happy viewing!