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Checking off the boxes

Life goals.  Life bucket lists.  All good stuff, all things I kept track of and still do.  But, they’re not necessarily what brings me the most joy.  I’ve come to realize this past year that even if I’ve worked really hard for a long time to accomplish something, I don’t get much joy at reaching my goal.  It’s like how I feel about cooking.  It takes so much time to get the end results that all the joy has been sucked dry.  It’s very anti-climactic.  I watched a youtube influencer mention recently that it’s all about the process.  Enjoying the process brings more fulfillment than actually attaining that goal.  Therefore, it’s more important to enjoy the process because you spend most of your time there.  Enjoy the view out the window instead of always asking, “Are we there yet?”  Two years ago, I resolved myself to stop spending so much time on youtube every night.  But, I never knew what to replace my time with besides a vague idea to create more instead.  Last year, I made a goal to read at least two books a month, every month, for the entire year, in an effort to expand my literary repertoire.  Unexpectedly, this goal made me spend less time on youtube.  I  rediscovered my love of reading.  Most months I read way more than two books a month, with maybe two months where I only read one book.  But, the numbers weren’t really important by the time I reached my goal.  Reading taught me more about what motivated me and filled my creative tank per-say to want to do more.

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