Freedom from procrastination

Helping Friendly Newsletter, 01.07.22

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GM! ☕️
Here are this week’s 5 things to consider:

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1. Freedom from procrastination

Welcome, 2022. To fortify at work, I’m posting Jane Burka and Lenora Yuen’s freedom from procrastination code¹ right beside my desk. (But friend, if you’re low on new-year energy, I see you. Keep reading.)

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2. The same damn lesson again

Omicron has many of us relearning what, way back in the Delta days, Nadia Bolz-Weber called “the SAME DAMN lesson again.” Related, she shares a fierce word on resolutions.

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3. Blessing for one who is exhausted

John O’Donohue’s blessing for one who is exhausted is a balm for the tired spirit.²

There is nothing else to do now but rest
And patiently learn to receive the self
You have forsaken in the race of days.
…Be excessively gentle with yourself.

—John O’Donohue

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4. Strength to love

All January, I’ll be reading Martin Luther King, Jr.’s sermon collection, Strength to Love. Each week I will highlight one theme or idea. This week’s theme is “a third way”: how King transcended ordinary politics.

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5. Tiny book reviews

See my star ratings and tiny book reviews for these titles.

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Thank you for reading

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Treasure chest

I bet you find a gem ➔ weight, healthcare, and pernicious fatphobia | climate change: a syllabus | how to declutter your goals | shipping creative work is a cultural and professional risk | hard work is not inherently virtuous | the emptiness of the Roy family ethos | an ode to the humble rotifer | is fiction going through an extinction event? | winter poem | 500 years of snowball fights in art | how to relax | may your 2022 dreams come true👇🏼

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Have a great weekend! I’ll see you again soon.

Jenny

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1. Via Daniel Hofstetter.

2. Via Sarah Bessey.