Sunday Thinking ― 3.16.25

"Admire someone else's talent without questioning your own."

March 16, 2025

The weekly Sunday Thinking newsletter is quick-hit content that aims to provide a booster shot to your thought process as you end and start your week.

"No one will ever fully be able to understand the internal battles you had to endure just to heal, just to grow, just to make it here today. You should be proud of the way you fought to save yourself. You should be proud of the way you survived."

― Bianca Sparacino, A Gentle Reminder

I. To Create Order from Chaos

The reality is that the world we live in is fundamentally chaotic and unpredictable. The path forward is rarely clear or straightforward.

  • There are always obstacles to overcome, setbacks to weather, and unexpected detours to navigate. It can be disorienting and daunting.

  • But in that chaos lies opportunity—the chance to forge our own way, to create meaning and purpose where none exists.

  • By imposing structure and order on the disorder around us, we can begin to chart a course through the unknown.

We can break down big, amorphous goals into tangible, achievable steps. We can cut through the clutter and noise to focus on what really matters.

Source: What You're Made For, George Raveling and Ryan Holiday

II. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Creativity has a place in everyone’s life, and everyone can make that place larger. In fact, there are few more importantresponsibilities.

  • It doesn't matter if the work begins as an inspired idea or a homework assignment, as a passion or a throwaway.Your greatest work may come from your least inspired moment.

  • The work reveals itself as you go. It tells you what it wants to be.

  • The goal is always to get closer to your true self.

  • Aiming at greatness is different than aiming at being better than someone else.

  • The goal is to progress and get better at your craft. Fortunately, this is something everyone can do.

Source: The Creative Act, Rick Rubin

III. The Body Keeps the Score

Your body keeps score of everything your mind tries to ignore.

  • If you feel it in your chest, it’s fear.

  • If you feel it in your stomach, it’s intuition.

  • If you feel it in your head, it’s overthinking.

  • If you feel it in your throat, it’s words you swallowed instead of speaking.

  • If you feel it in your shoulders, it’s the weight of responsibilities you were never meant to carry.

  • If you feel it in your muscles, it’s stress you’ve been holding onto for too long.

Emotions don’t just disappear. They linger. They settle into your body, waiting for you to notice. Waiting for you to release them. So instead of pushing it down, pause. Where do you feel it today? And what is your body trying to tell you?

Because the healing starts when you finally listen.

Source: The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk 

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V. Question

How is your heart?

VI. This Week, I Will

  1. Be kind for no reason.

  2. Not overcommit and leave room for myself.

  3. Silent the war between my mind and body.

  4. Let what flows, flow. Let what wants to go, go.

  5. Keep putting in the work and trust everything will fall into place.

The Last Words…

"Sometimes, you already know the answer; it lingers in the quiet spaces of your mind, waiting. It's there in the pit of your stomach, in the weight that settles on your chest when you try to push it away. But knowing and accepting are two very different things. The truth often asks more of us than we're ready to give it demands change, courage, or the release of something we've clung to for too long. So, you stall. You tell yourself you need more time, more proof, or another sign. But deep down, the answer is already etched into you. It's not a matter of discovery—it's a matter of surrendering to what you already know, trusting yourself to face it, and believing you'll find strength on the other side."

― Amal Nadeem, Lessons for Your Mind & Heart

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