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Chris Evergreen here. Welcome to your daily goodwill

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for Friday, January 23rd. You know that feeling

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when you're trying to wrap up the week and suddenly

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every small thing needs your attention? Like

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the universe waited until 4 p .m. on Friday to

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remember you exist. Your inbox is doing its best

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impression of a hydra. Answer one email and two

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more appear. Someone needs something. Your brain

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needs a nap. And that one task you've been avoiding

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all week is sitting there, staring at you, judging

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your life choices. Here's today's advice. When

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the week is trying to squeeze one more thing

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out of you, the move is to pick your closer.

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Not everything. Just one thing that actually

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matters. Look at what's left on your list and

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ask yourself what would make you feel complete.

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Not perfect. Not caught up. Just complete enough

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to let the week go. Maybe it's finishing that

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one email you've been drafting in your head for

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three days. Maybe it's tidying your desk so Monday

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morning you doesn't hate Friday afternoon you.

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Maybe it's just getting through the next two

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hours without checking your phone every 40 seconds.

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The rest of the stuff? It's not going anywhere.

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It'll be there Monday. And that's okay. Your

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energy is not unlimited. Treating it like it

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is just means you start next week already tired.

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So close one loop, let the rest wait, and give

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yourself permission to be done when you're done.

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And here's your goodwill move for today. Before

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you leave work or shut down for the day, send

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one message to someone who helped you this week.

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Just a quick thanks. No essay required. Could

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be a co -worker who covered something. A friend

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who listened. Someone who made your coffee exactly

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right on a rough morning. Two sentences. Hit

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send. Move on. It takes 30 seconds and it reminds

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both of you that good things happened this week,

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even if it felt messy. That's your daily goodwill

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for Friday, January 23rd. You made it through

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another week. That counts for something. Talk

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soon.