I’d like to be more hopeful, but what are the chances of that?
I’m trying to judge myself less harshly, but so far it’s been a total failure.
I’m trying to give up self-improvement, but I still have a long way to go.
I’m trying to be less competitive, but I’m still worse at it than other people I know.
What we contemplate, we become.
Break the spell of urgency. Then see what is needed. Then do it.
Weber’s First Law of Cosmology:
Something is better than nothing.