"The way we do anything is the way we do everything."

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“The way we do anything is the way we do everything.” Martha Beck

I noticed the way I fill the kettle always results in water everywhere.

Every time.

Why? I turn on the tap full throttle trying to fill it via the spout rather than slowing down and opening the top.

How I fill the kettle is how I do life.

I travel too fast.

I try to cram too much in.

My motivation is probably trying to save time so I don’t waste a drop of life.

I’m trying to cram my everything into life’s corners, to maximise my experiences.

It probably stems to the fact that my parents died when I was teenager and I realised early on that life can end very quickly and you don’t know how long you’ve got.

So I go fast, cramming too much in.

It can be fun. But it can also be exhausting and counter-productive.

I can’t enjoy the present because there is too much going on.

The way I fill the kettle is the way I live my life.

Maybe it’s time to I do it a little differently.

What about you?

It’s day 21 of 31 day journalling challenge. Here’s the prompt.

How does how you do anything reflect how you do everything?