When something rolls over to the next day’s to-do list again and again, there may be a reason. I’ve seen this in my own projects. There have been times when I’ve found myself putting off something like starting a podcast or writing a book proposal and berating myself for not doing it week after week. It’s only when I’ve stopped pushing for something to be done, when I’ve taken it off my to-do list and let it take the time it takes, that the insight and knowledge I needed arrived on its own timeline. In almost all instances, this loosened grip on a thing, and patience toward it, has made the
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