The Digest: 1/12/2024
This week's most share-worthy resources from around the interwebz
Happy Friday!!!
When I resumed sharing here a few months ago after stopping earlier in the year, I was enjoying getting back into the swing of writing.
As you know, eventually, I stopped sharing any writing other than this newsletter, The Digest.
I did so to free up time and energy to write about more personal subjects with no audience but myself to consider.
That process is ongoing, and I’ve found it tremendously valuable.
Since I’ve cut my sharing here down to only the Digest, though, I’ve started to feel less inclined to do even that.
Even last week, when I only wrote about the shows I’d been watching to learn Spanish but didn’t share any in-depth personal matters, it didn’t feel quite right.
The Digest is starting to feel more like a chore, but in a different way than those days when I simply don’t want to write or feel uninspired.
Unlike those days when sitting down and doing the work felt right once I was finished, lately, when I’ve sat down to do the work, my heart hasn’t been in it, and it hasn’t felt sincere or genuine.
That is, it doesn’t appear to be a matter of just sitting down to do the work.
It’s looking more like a matter of being called to put my heart into other efforts.
Those efforts include more of the kind of exploration that I’ve been doing through my personal writing.
Thus, I am letting The Digest go after today to do just that.
Of course, The Digest could continue without any kind of personal introduction from me.
It could simply be a weekly newsletter that jumps straight into recommendations without any added thoughts or ideas in the introduction.
However, that would likely lose its appeal over time, as one of the things that makes The Digest work is that it serves as a means to foster a relationship between you and me.
There’s also much to be said for simply closing this chapter of my life to begin the next one.
As I said the last time I stepped away from sharing here, I wouldn’t rule out doing so again in the future (I do find writing for others extremely rewarding).
If I do return to sharing my writing, though, it will likely be much different from how it has been.
Until then, I’m going to focus on getting to know myself and crafting my life moving forward.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for allowing me to share with you the past several years.
It’s been a real pleasure and an experience I’ll always look back on fondly.
Here are this week’s most share-worthy resources from around the interwebz:
5 Amazing Blessings From Being Fired by Laura Simms
“You can’t un-fire yourself, but you can choose your experience of being fired.”
Build Confidence with a Self Gratitude Journal by Karl Staib
“You have to recognize where you’ve grown and this will encourage you to keep taking chances because we grow the most when we are challenged.”
Why Growth Requires Struggle by Mark Manson
“…just the right amount of pain and struggle: that’s what allows us to feel a sense of accomplishment and meaning in our lives, which then builds up our sense of autonomy and self-worth—the bedrock of a mentally healthy and happy person.”
How To Get Your Friends Into Fitness and Grow Your Healthy Support System by Riley Pearce
“Knowing that your friends will get excited with you about new workout goals being reached is a motivating way to stay focused on your fitness goals.”
How to Better Handle Anger and Conflict in Your Family by Dr. Margaret Rutherford
“Anger isn’t violent in and of itself. The power of anger can be respected, and voiced respectfully.”
Moments Can’t Be Captured by David Cain
“The moment itself was over as soon as it happened.”
On Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
“To be a digital minimalist, in other words, means you accept the idea that new communication technologies have the potential to massively improve your life, but also recognize that realizing this potential is hard work.”
9 Helpful Hints For Making Good Decisions by Rachel Shanken
“Hang in and breathe through it and trust that once you’ve made your choice, the new road you’re travelling on is just where you need to be.”
4 Steps to Loving Your Ordinary Life by Marc Chernoff
“…we’ve lived a certain number of days, and the days ahead of us are not as guaranteed as the one we’re living through right now.”
That does it for now.
Thank you again for being a part of this.
I appreciate you :-)
Rob