I stayed with the work while my mind wanted escape

Dear Delyara, This week was not a glamorous kind of productive. I wanted escape. My mind wandered. My emotional weather was not especially cooperative. And still, I came back. Again and again, I came back. I think I used to undervalue that kind of effort because it doesn’t feel heroic while you’re doing it. But really, it builds so much. Returning. Staying. Continuing under imperfect internal conditions. That kind of staying deserves more respect. I’m finally learning that.