Some Mondays don’t roll in; they crash.
And if you’re not ready, they run right over you.
Yesterday I tripped, literally.
And this morning I’m tripping again, but over my own slow start.
Coffee’s brewed, this week’s to-do list’s is mocking me, and the ants are already moving.
This week’s vision, of an early energetic start this morning … started without me.
Still in a fog when the early-start window slammed shut. Yesterday’s yard-work tumble was a quick, one step back, a slip, and the ground won. Nothing broken, but the bounce hurt; the real injury is the reminder:
I’m not getting nimbler with age!
So here I am, slight-limping into Monday while tasks pile up like cars at a green light with nobody pressing the gas.
Watching people start their week is like watching an ant colony from above. Some surge forward with purpose, others zig-zag like they forgot where they were going.
From above, it all looks organized.
Up close, it appears to be a mess.
Here’s the truth:
momentum doesn’t come from the perfect plan
it comes from moving, even if it’s ugly, slow, or sideways some days
Ants aren’t waiting for clarity.
They make it.
Maybe that’s the trick, a lesson for the rest of us:
stop staring at the list and just step into it
we are all worker ants in many ways - and falling back or tumbling is a daily inevitable risk, and the slowing down is temporary, the vantage point is upside down and horizontal for a bit … not a bad thing
We resemble ants on a hot summer sidewalk. Some follow clear trails. Others mill about, crossing paths without purpose with the illusion of order. Add a sprinkle of rain and everything changes in a moment.
It masks this truth:
our communities, our workplaces, even our families, are less coordinated than they appear.
Still, forward movement happen.
Any act, it seems, because it’s an act of doing something; nearly every action builds its own momentum. Progress isn’t always about having anything resembling a perfect plan; sometimes it’s about picking a direction before the day ends, then taking the first step.
Momentum rewards the mover, not the thinker. Momentum is less about timing and more about choosing to move. Like those ants that don’t wait for clarity; they create it by moving.
Even ants know the shortcut trick is simply starting.
And the ants go marching,
down,
to get out,
of the rain …
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