Year end reflection in bed…
Good morning, this is Asato, a life coach with a journal.
This is the first time I missed sending out my Thursday newsletter.
I was terribly sick in bed. We had a wave of high fever which spread across the family members.
It is very funny but even when my temperature was above 39 degrees Celsius (as per my quick googling it’s 102 degrees Fahrenheit), when Tuesday and Wednesday passed, I started worrying and thinking about this blog.
I should acknowledge the big win of making this “writing and publishing in English” challenge into my real habit after 6 months in.
But then my thoughts were spinning;
Maybe I want to write something.
It’s the year-end so I wanted to reflect on the year.
Perhaps a quick word that I’m in bed - but it’s not an interesting newsletter to read in the busy season.
Despite my thoughts, my body was so hot that I could not sit still for 5 seconds. I could not even watch the phone because the screen was too bright and buzzing. Now I do understand it is not good for our body!
So in the end, I recalled my lesson of the year. “70% is good enough”.
No need to hit every single week record, when I can’t even compose any sentence.
And I am very glad that I did not send out a terrible blog post written by a high fever brain.
This was a good reminder for me that doing less does not mean negative. Perhaps less might be more in many occasions.
3.5 days of being almost dead in bed was terrible. (I’m still struggling with heavy cough for the following couples of days…)
But in a different way of thinking, it was an unexpectedly given digital detox retreat for me.
Shutting out everything. In between the short sleeps, fun noises of kids playing around, I was able to reflect on the year.
I am still in the process of digesting the thoughts (as some must have slipped out or I should say got burnt by the terrible fever). I am already excited to share them step by step in the coming posts.
I was not intending to send out anything this week.
But A) I’ve been in bed for 4 hours and I cannot fall asleep. B) Substack platform sent me a friendly reminder that “you still have two days to hit your weekly publishing goal!”.
Haha, what a supportive system. They know me. So here I am.
Normally I write with my laptop, that is how my brain works when it comes to “proper writing”, but I am sitting at the dining table, in the middle of the night. Typing this with my phone for the first time.
Maybe this mini size, casual chat style newsletter is a new idea for the future. Do let me know what you think.
Otherwise thank you very much for reading this “minimalish life” newsletter. I really appreciate your presence, support and I hope to connect more in the coming year.
Wishing you a wonderful year from Rwanda, the heart of Africa.
Today’s Journaling prompt: What were the highlights of the year?