Recently had a conversation about how when the days feel like they’re on repeat and it gets too heavy, one of the ways to break that cycle is to help someone else.
That feeling of every day having the same pattern has been especially strong for the last year. It can suck you in. Convince you your perception of the flow of time and the monotony is the reality. That you’re in a constant holding pattern, waiting to land and move on.
But I’m not a passive observer of my own life. It’s possible to step up and land the plane myself.
It wasn’t until I said it out loud that I saw something that works for me:
Stop and ask the question, ‘Where can I do some good today?’
Then follow through. That’s it. Now, instead of this being just another day like all the ones before it, you have a marker.
“Today was the day I helped this person do this thing.”
And I know I’m not the only one who feels like this. I see plenty of other people stepping up and stepping in.
I hope it helps them mark the time, too.
This Builds Character 