Today is a new day.
It is mine. Yes, I have obligations, but still the day is mine to choose my mood, my attitude and my level of attention to whatever I do.
This is empowering. I can choose to strengthen what I call my ‘verbing muscle’—the action of doing something at the exact time that a task presents itself, thus keeping as close together as possible the thought and the corresponding action—or I can procrastinate and be generally unproductive.
Today I choose to be attentive and aware, to enjoy even the smallest chore and to work, if only for an hour, towards something that is important to me.
That’s a good start to the day.