The Quiet Drift
A reflection on returning to the practices that keep us grounded.
“It is not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
— Bruce Lee
Dear Reader,
It rarely happens all at once, instead, it becomes a quiet, gradual drift.
Our daily demands start to get louder, the decisions pile up, we start getting pulled in too many directions and then without noticing, the habits that kept us grounded start to slip away.
The practices and personal routines – the workouts, the meditation, the journaling, the meaningful conversations, etc – all suddenly begin to feel more like luxuries that we’ll get back to “when things slow down.”
In the ebb and flow of life, it can happen to any of us. Life gets re-prioritized by distractions or what might feel urgent in the moment. We begin to feel scattered and less steady as we drift from what matters most to us.
But the solution isn’t always to do more, to create a new system, a better schedule, or even a productivity hack.
Many times the solution is awareness, and returning to what anchors us. A return to the small things in our lives that truly ground us, that make us better, more resilient and more at peace. Those important practices that we let quietly drift away.
My question for you this week:
What is one practice you need to re-introduce that keeps you grounded?
Start there.
— Ken