When I’m busy, I tend to become obsessed with whatever I’m working on. I stop eating regularly, stop cleaning my house, and stop taking care of myself. But the more I do that, the more my self-esteem drops. I’ve realized now that taking care of myself is especially important when I’m stressed.
A small win—that’s what we need when we’re entering a cave. In that sense, today I finally had a small win: I fixed my curtain brackets. They had started to loosen again, so for a few weeks I just lived without curtains. I kept thinking I should fix them, but I procrastinated because I was too absorbed in other problems.
Finally, today, I fixed them. Watching the curtains hang in place makes me feel so much better—a bit proud of myself, a feeling I’d lost for a few weeks. A small win, a small accomplishment, that lightens the weight of concerns and burden in everyday life just a little.