Paul, I thought I'd share a "tiny move" that popped up today. Actually, two of them. I have been meditating on #14: reclaiming a phrase I stopped saying, and say it again. Then today, during my quiet time at work, I played a favorite song I hadn't heard or played in a while by a favorite artist. You can look it up if interested: 'Be The Change', by Britt Nicole.
Be the change. That was my reclaimed phrase. Concurrent with Tiny Move #38: play my playlist more often.
What you might also find interesting is that the radio station I used to listen to (still do, occasionally, but much reduced) has a survey of most popular songs - and drops the less popular ones. Guess which list "Be The Change" made it onto? I had to inquire to find out why it stopped playing, though.
Much has to do with it being, if not in so many words, a spiritual, apolitical station. Which is fine if the first one really is in emphasis, which it is, for the most part, but the few "spiritual/political" statements I have heard from them explicitly favored...guess which president? It's subtle, but it was there.
Anyway, that's a lot of paragraphs for a couple of "tiny moves", but I thought you might like to know.
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Gardening. I've been planting foods with a goal of canning and preserving my harvest. It is very time consuming but the rewards are tremendous and it limits the time I have to 'doom scroll'.
Paul, I thought I'd share a "tiny move" that popped up today. Actually, two of them. I have been meditating on #14: reclaiming a phrase I stopped saying, and say it again. Then today, during my quiet time at work, I played a favorite song I hadn't heard or played in a while by a favorite artist. You can look it up if interested: 'Be The Change', by Britt Nicole.
Be the change. That was my reclaimed phrase. Concurrent with Tiny Move #38: play my playlist more often.
What you might also find interesting is that the radio station I used to listen to (still do, occasionally, but much reduced) has a survey of most popular songs - and drops the less popular ones. Guess which list "Be The Change" made it onto? I had to inquire to find out why it stopped playing, though.
Much has to do with it being, if not in so many words, a spiritual, apolitical station. Which is fine if the first one really is in emphasis, which it is, for the most part, but the few "spiritual/political" statements I have heard from them explicitly favored...guess which president? It's subtle, but it was there.
Anyway, that's a lot of paragraphs for a couple of "tiny moves", but I thought you might like to know.
Thank you, Wayne! What a lovely, thoughtful comment. A song I've just reconnected with is Love Warriors by Tuck and Patti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3F9ogbkLmQ
I'm so grateful you are finding the Tiny Moves concept useful. I've got another related post coming out soon: tiny moves to stay sane in the face of digital and news overwhelm
Thanks for sharing, in turn. I gave a listen. My path is clear, indeed!👍
I like it! Still going through the previous 80 tiny acts, slowly, intentionally. It helps, and it works.
Thank you, Wayne.
In solidarity,
Paul
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Gardening. I've been planting foods with a goal of canning and preserving my harvest. It is very time consuming but the rewards are tremendous and it limits the time I have to 'doom scroll'.