Chris Evergreen here. Welcome to your daily goodwill
for Thursday, January 22nd. You know that feeling
when you've been working on something for a while
and it still doesn't feel done? Like you're pushing
this boulder uphill and the top keeps moving
farther away. Your brain starts whispering that
maybe you're not making any progress at all.
that maybe you're just running in place while
everyone else is crossing finish lines. But here's
the thing about Thursday energy. This is the
day when hidden wins start showing up. The stuff
you couldn't see on Monday is finally becoming
visible. Here's today's advice. Progress doesn't
always announce itself with confetti. Most of
the time, it's quiet. It's the meeting that went
smoother than last month. The email you wrote
in 10 minutes that used to take an hour. The
problem you solved without panicking first. Your
brain is wired to notice what's broken or missing.
It's like a smoke detector that only goes off
for problems. So you have to actively look for
the winds that don't make noise. Try this. Before
you leave work today or finish your main task,
Write down three things that were easier this
week than they were before. Not things you finished,
things that required less effort than they used
to. Maybe you navigated a tricky conversation
without overthinking it for two days first. Maybe
you remembered a process without looking it up.
Maybe you stayed calm when something went sideways.
These are your hidden wins. They're proof that
you're building skill. even when it doesn't feel
like forward motion. And your goodwill move for
today. Text someone who's working on something
long -term. Just say you're thinking about them,
and you know they're making progress, even if
it doesn't feel that way. That's it. No advice.
No pep talk. Just acknowledgement that persistence
is hard, and they're doing it anyway. That's
your Daily Goodwill for Thursday, January 22nd.
The wins you can't see yet are still wins. Talk
soon.