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Chris Evergreen here. Welcome to your daily goodwill

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for Monday, January 19th. It's the third Monday

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of January. That means some people are still

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riding high on New Year energy, and some people

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already feel like their goals ghosted them. If

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you're in that second group, you're not broken.

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You're just human. The thing about Mondays in

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late January is they can feel heavy. Like the

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week is already tired before it starts. Your

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brain knows there's work to do, but your body

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is still negotiating with the concept of effort.

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Here's today's advice. When the week feels heavy

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before it even begins, don't try to lift the

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whole thing at once. Just pick one small corner

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and move it forward. That's it. Not the whole

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project. Not the entire to -do list that's giving

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you side -eye. Just one manageable piece. Maybe

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it's answering three emails instead of clearing

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your inbox. Maybe it's prepping tomorrow's lunch

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instead of planning the whole week. Maybe it's

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putting your workout clothes by the door, even

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if you're not sure you'll use them. The goal

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isn't to win the day. It's to prove to yourself

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that forward motion is still possible. Because

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momentum doesn't care how small the first push

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is. It just needs something to work with. And

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your goodwill move for today. Text someone who's

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also facing down a Monday. Something simple like,

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Hey, hope your week starts easy. Or, thinking

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of you today. No need to solve their problems

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or have a long conversation. Just a little signal

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that says, I see you out there doing the thing.

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Sometimes, knowing you're not the only one pushing

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a rock uphill makes the hill feel less steep.

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That's your daily goodwill for Monday, January

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19th. You don't have to love Mondays. You just

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have to show up for one small corner of them.

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Talk soon!