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Daily Goodwill, Episode 26. Monday, January 26,

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2026. Chris Evergreen here. Welcome to your Daily

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Goodwill for Monday, January 26th. It's the last

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full week of January. You know that feeling when

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a month is almost over and you look at your list

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of things you were going to accomplish? And it's

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just sitting there, looking at you, like it's

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disappointed. but trying not to show it. January

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had all these promises attached to it. New year,

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fresh start, all that momentum. And now we're

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staring down the final days thinking we should

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have done more by now. Here's today's advice.

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The month isn't grading you. Your January doesn't

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get a report card that goes on your permanent

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record. What matters is what you do with the

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week in front of you right now. Not what you

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didn't do two weeks ago. Pick one thing from

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that list. Just one. The thing that would actually

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make you feel good if you handled it. Not the

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thing you think you should do. Not the impressive

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thing. The thing that's been quietly nagging

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at you. Maybe it's finally scheduling that appointment.

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Or cleaning out one drawer that's become a junk

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vortex. Or sending that email you've been avoiding

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because you're overthinking the tone. Give it

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20 minutes today. That's it. 20 minutes of actual

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attention. You're not trying to finish the whole

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thing. You're just trying to prove to yourself

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that you can start. And your goodwill move for

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today. Check in with someone who's also trying

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to make it through Monday. Text a friend. Ask

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how their week's looking. Not in that surface

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-level way. Actually ask. Sometimes knowing someone

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else is also staring down a week helps both of

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you feel less alone in it. That's your daily

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goodwill for Monday, January 26th. The week doesn't

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need to be perfect. It just needs to be yours.

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Talk soon.