1456: Is it a crappy book? (Reprise!)

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Good morning, Daily Peppers, and a very happy Tuesday to you. If you need a bit of help with routines and establishing habits, well, you have definitely come to the right place. So since the beginning of this year, I've started working weekly with an accountability coach. We meet for a quick chat every Monday. And it has just been so helpful in planning my week and also really sticking to the things that I say I want to do. Now, my word for this year is intentional, and I'm really focusing on being more intentional about how I spend my time and how I spend my energy. And one thing I would love to do more of is reading fiction. While I love a good box set, I find reading there's so much more for my mental health and just is just pure escapism.

And I know it's really good for me and I love doing it, but I struggle to really carve out the space for it. So that has been one of the goals we've been working on this year. And the reason I'm telling you that is because I want to share a conversation we had that really, really made me think about things when it comes to setting goals and why we set them in the first place. So during one of the first calls, I was talking about how I just can't seem to get myself to read. And I've been stuck on the same book for quite a while now. And at the time, I wanted to set the goal of reading one book a week, which I've now turned more into my nighttime routine. But as I was talking about how I was struggling with it, they turned around to me and just said, but is the book shit, though? And honestly, that has become such a big light bulb moment for me because here's the thing about habits and routines. They can be really hard and they can be really difficult.

And as we've talked about a lot around here, they need to be based in joy. But if you are doing something that you don't even enjoy, or if you're trying to get yourself to do something that doesn't really light you up, or you haven't figured out a way to bring more joy to it, then it is going to be so much fucking harder. And in hindsight, I mean, I did persevere with the book, and I moved on to a different one and realized that it wasn't actually my cup of tea. And now that I'm reading a genre that I love, which is young adult dystopian fiction, I am finding it so much easier to build more reading into my life. So today I really want to ask you, when it comes to any habits or routines that you're trying to set up for yourself, is the book shit? And what I mean by that is, are you trying to get yourself to do something that you just don't want to do, or is there a way that you could make it just slightly brighter or more enjoyable? If one of your goals is to exercise more, are you choosing a type of exercise that is enjoyable or at the very least, bearable? If your goal is to write more, are you enjoying what you're writing? And if your goal is to get more intentional about your time and energy and really set up these habits and routines, are you doing it in a way that lights you up? And if not, how could you do that? So that is my food for thought for the day. Here's to recognising our shit books. And here's to doing things in a way that works for us, no matter what they look like on the outside. See you tomorrow. And remember that everything changes when you believe you matter.