23 things worth thinking about
...more than whatever is consuming you now.
ML Issue 42 - A weekly takeaway for creatives 🥡
“Silence is so accurate.”
Mona’s notes
As the year comes to a close, many people feel the pressure to “wrap things up.” Most things do not need wrapping. You will still be here in two weeks. This is a moment for reflection, not resolution. We are cyclical creatures. ☀️
In a season of excess, here are 23 things worth thinking about, almost all of them better than whatever may be consuming you right now:
How rarely you are actually bored these days, as opposed to overstimulated.
Remembering the last thing you threw away, and why.
How few of the days you’ve lived do you truly remember, clearly and in full.
Where in the world you have scattered your hairs and cells.
How much of your personality is a “survival strategy” that has now outlived its usefulness.
The things you can name that turned out to be so right for you.
The things that you have now shed that you once believed were so right for you.
What an extra £1,000 per month could mean for your creative practice.
The freedoms you already have that once felt totally unimaginable to you.
How often you have mistaken urgency for importance.
The last stranger you made eye contact with and smiled at, for no reason.
The fact that all water is old - it has been recycled billions of times.
The parts of your life that are quietly working, without drama or narrative.
What things in other people you dislike the most? (What does this tell you about. yourself?)
How many problems dissolve when you sleep properly, eat well, or go outside.
The fact that somebody, somewhere, remembers you with great tenderness, and you will never, ever know.
The cost of staying exactly as you are.
What was the last piece of music you actually paid for?
The difference between being seen and being understood, and which one you truly want.
Who was the last person that thanked you, and why?
What is the fully realised version of yourself? What do they do, love, seek and give?
The amount of time you spend rehearsing conversations that never happen.
What you are building, slowly, without noticing.
Wishing you plenty of peace in the weeks ahead 😌💌
Love Mona x
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