Stardate 04.09.2026
Now that the first bulk order of coloring books has been handed off to Miss Joni and her team of student volunteers, I can turn my attention back to the honey-do list.
The basement wall-to-wall shelving project is moving forward. Most of the shelves are in place. Yesterday, I completed the first of four drawers.
What’s interesting is how this project is teaching me something I didn’t expect.
Small daily goals are working better for me than trying to do too much at once.
At the beginning, this project felt overwhelming. Measurements, materials, tools, and steps all piled up in my head at once. It felt like something that would take forever to complete. But when I reduced the goal to something simple — build one drawer — everything changed.
One drawer is manageable. One drawer is clear. One drawer is doable.
And one drawer, repeated four times, becomes a finished cabinet.
I woke up especially encouraged this morning because I hit a new high mark on my sleep report. Deep rest. Strong REM. A clear mind. There’s something about waking up rested that makes steady progress feel not only possible, but enjoyable.
There’s no pressure to build another drawer today. My wife even offered to let me slow down and take a break. But this isn’t about pressure. I simply enjoy creating. I enjoy learning. I enjoy watching something take shape that didn’t exist before.
This project is giving me an opportunity to practice patience in a very practical way.
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:9
Sometimes “doing good” looks like serving others.
Sometimes it looks like building a drawer.
Both require the same thing: steady faithfulness in small steps.
I have plenty of time this morning to complete another drawer before heading to my day job. No rush. No stress. Just quiet progress.
Join me here:
https://substack.com/@michaelmulliganlivelong
Captain’s Addendum
Spock: “Captain, progress appears statistically inevitable when the task is reduced to its simplest component.”
Bones: “In plain English, that means stop trying to build the whole thing at once.”
Michael: “One drawer at a time, gentlemen.”
Grateful for another day to build, learn, and move forward.
No comments:
Post a Comment