Hey, friend!

Woof.

Moving.

Packing, unpacking. Listing. Signing. Negotiating. Meeting. Evaluating. Approving. Disproving. More packing. More unpacking. Organizing. Discarding. Designing. Searching. Re-buying. Discovering.

What stuck out to me from this move is just how much momentum I lost in my life as a result of it. Every thing I was working on in my personal life just absolutely stopped, and any work stuff other than my core 40 hours screeched to a halt. Diet & exercise? Creative projects? Nothing but endless unpacking of boxes, installation of doorbells and closet rods and wireless extenders and whatever else, interspersed with exhausted moments laying on a newly-unwrapped couch or a mattress on the floor.

Sure, moving is exhausting, but it really just brings to my mind how different someone's ability to do the thing we're all excited about--programming, YouTube, whatever--can be depending on factors in their lives that may be completely invisible. Yes, we've all talked about the hidden impact of invisible disabilities, and those are absolutely a legitimate concern.

But I also mean fully able people, who have kids or parents to take care of, who have a longer commute, whose allergies are really bad, whose marriages are taking more work to care for right now, who are going to school in the evenings, who are doing ANYTHING outside of the easiest configuration so many leading teachers and thinkers have.

I often look at someone doing something I wish I was doing, and say, "well, do they have kids?" or some other such comparison. It's a legitimate concern. But I also need to remember that some people with kids can do 10x what I can... and that's fine. Maybe they're more capable than me, maybe they've focused their energy specifically on this one thing more than me, maybe they've been doing it longer, maybe social media makes their accomplishments look more impressive. Who knows.

In this moment of exhaustion, surrounded by boxes and unsure where I can look to find the charger for my razor, I'll balance rest and work to do the best I can given my current circumstances. And when they change, I'll balance again, to do the best I can then. And I feel good with that.

What Else?