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Wow, this is difficult.

Most days I have more to say than I could possibly sit down and write in one sitting...or, if I did write it all out (everything I'm thinking and all the significant things that are happening for me that day), I would get nothing else done for the entire day. I guess I was hoping this challenge of writing something every day would help me get into the mode of writing *more*, so it would be *less* pressure-filled when I did feel like giving a larger/longer update...but the way I'm seeing it at the moment is actually creating more pressure and stress to my life. I *do* like having this daily ritual, but...for some reason, I'm judging myself for not having something interesting or engaging or relevant to say, every single day. I'm probably being too harsh on myself. I have issues with that. But this is what is real for me. In this moment. Today.

Thank you,

 Peter Drucker, for these words:

"The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say “I.” They don’t think “I.” They think “we”; they think “team.” They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but “we” gets the credit…This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done."

~ Peter Drucker

Overwhelmed.

Still.

Boundaries.

I'm learning more, now than ever, how much I still have to learn about: why it's important to have them...and then; setting them, keeping them, maintaining them, nurturing them, discovering them, respecting them and honoring them.

Wow. This may be the hardest challenge I have in this life.

PSA for the day:

Got sideswiped by a car today on my way to work. Actually, about 10 mins ago.

I'm totally fine. My bike is totally fine. I'm just shaken up a bit. In fact, still shaking a bit.

I know this happens all the time, to many cyclists, especially in this city, and every time something like this happens to me, it really scares me. Not necessarily because of what *did* happen, but because of what *could* have...due to careless driving.

Drivers: Please, please, please use your turn signals and look in your rear/side view mirrors (or, actually turn your head to look out the window) before wielding your 2-ton piece of moving machinery with an abrupt move into the bike lane.

Thank you.

Feeling:

Overwhelmed.

This week.

And last week.

Hopefully not next week.

And, it's February. So, that's a good thing.