Do the things I know work.
This encompasses a lot of things, but none of it is brain surgery. And yet somehow it's the hardest part of being a grown up. For example: I know how to feed myself food that makes me feel healthy and happy, and yet more often than not I don't. And I know how to blow dry my hair and put on a little makeup and look a lot better but I skip it quite a lot. And I know that if I book up every night of the week with plans after work I get frazzled and easily irritated and resentful and I still do it.
At work I know that if I get confused or doubtful I tend to retreat when what I really need to do is ask for help, even if that's scary and means admitting that I'm a doofus and am stuck. I know that my thinking is clearer if I try to articulate what I am doing, and writing a memo or an email is a great way to clarify what I'm stuck on. But I still somehow forget, and think I need to read a couple more cases or look again at the document that puzzles me before I'm "ready" to start writing.
So no razzle dazzle here, no trying to be fundamentally different, just an attempt to be a little more mindful, and to do the things I do on my best days more consistently.
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