Lessons from January

Although several days behind, I thought I would take a few minutes to and review lessons learned in January:

1. I am so busy with day-to-day tasks and putting out little fires that I don't have enough energy left to work on my bigger and/or longer-term goals.

2. I'm not sure which goals of mine are higher on the priority list because I haven't actually prioritized. Why? Because I don't want to concede that I can't actually do it all. At some point soon, I'm going to have to reconcile, even if my list winds up being "shallow" by conventional measures.

3. I am unaware of the flow of incoming and outgoing resources. If I want to know about emerging patterns, waste, etc., I will have to keep records.

Now, a word on the how the experiment will work. I have by no means mastered the art of mindfulness. February has begun, but mindfulness must continue. Like a layer cake, we will build on previous months using them as a foundation.