Over the past few months I've been struggling to keep up with my daily work routine. I've always been good at meeting deadlines, breaking things down, making continuous progress... until the pandemic and health issues and several losses came knocking at my door, disturbing and eventually messing up with my workflow completely.

At first, I was being harsh on myself for not being able to keep up with my work. Later, I realized that sometimes fulfilling your most basic needs (sleep, eat, repeat) and literally taking it day by day is the only way to keep me sane.

As I'm slowly getting back on my feet, I love to pick up literature that would give me a greater sense of meaning and motivation for the work that I do or wish to do in the future.

Seth Godin's The Practice: Shipping Creative Work is a brilliant book for people who are not afraid to pursue their dreams but maybe just don't know where to start or how to get there. It's also for people (like me) who need somebody to kick their ass from time to time, so that they actually keep doing the work.

I've picked it up pretty much randomly, at this fancy- and artsy-looking bookstore in Vienna, when I had some extra time to kill in between my flights. Such a great investment. I cannot even begin to tell how many sentences I have marked throughout the book. Sticky notes everywhere!

Here's one of my favorite quotes:

"Your work is too important to be left to how you feel today." — Seth Godin

I try to remind myself of this little piece of advice every time I feel like I'm getting a bit stuck or need some extra motivation to continue my work.

Kindly,

Neva.