Chris Evergreen here. Welcome to your daily goodwill
for Monday, February 9th. It's the second Monday
of February, that stretch where winter stops
being cozy and starts feeling like it's overstaying
its welcome. You might be looking at your week
ahead and feeling that familiar weight. The calendar's
full, the inbox is already demanding things,
and some part of you is still back in bed. Wondering
if you can negotiate with the universe for just
one more hour. Here's the thing about Mondays
in February. They don't come with the fresh start
energy of January. They just show up and expect
you to function like a well -oiled machine when
you're running on last week's fumes. Here's today's
advice. When the week feels too big before it
even starts, your job isn't to tackle everything
at once. Your job is to find one small win before
lunch. Not the biggest task. Not the most urgent
thing. Just one manageable piece that you can
actually finish. Maybe it's clearing out five
emails. Maybe it's that phone call you've been
putting off. Maybe it's organizing one drawer
or writing the first paragraph of something.
The point isn't productivity theater. The point
is momentum. Because here's what happens. You
get one thing done, and suddenly, your brain
remembers. It knows how to do things. That overwhelm
that was sitting on your chest starts to lift
just a little. And your good will move for today.
Check in with someone else who's facing down
their Monday. Send a quick message. Something
simple, like, Hey, hope your week's off to a
decent start. No big conversation required. Just
a small signal that says you see them. You're
both in this weird February Monday situation
together. That's your daily goodwill for Monday,
February 9th. The week doesn't have to be perfect
to be good enough. Talk soon.