I record a lot of voice memos. Thinking out loud really helps me, even when I don’t have anyone listening but my future self.

Many of these voice memos, I never listen to again. But I came across one from a few years ago in which I was trying to navigate a major life change.

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I cleaned the kitchen yesterday. Good for me!

Unfortunately, I only cleaned it after breakfast. I neglected to clean it after dinner, so I have a bunch of dishes, pots, and pans waiting for me this morning.

As much as I’d like to think of cleaning the kitchen as a project that I can just do once and get out of the way, it’s more of a practice — a project that must be done every day, or even more than once a day.

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“If you have any questions, please reply all and we’ll start the discussion,” he said.

Not me, I thought. My question won’t apply to everyone.

But of course it did. And after I sent it to him, he asked if he could forward it to everyone else anyway so that he could share his answer.

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How do you move forward with a project you care about?

With my first three-month group program concluding and another about to begin, it a good moment to share what I’ve learned. How do we ensure progress toward our goals? And do our goals even matter if we wind up heading in a different direction from where we thought we were going at the beginning?

Early in the summer, I struggled with putting a group together and what to call it. I decided to follow my own process and start with what I had, raw and unpolished.

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A friend of mine is starting a new business.

However, he’s a little self-conscious about calling it a business. That’s because it hasn’t made any money yet. But, strictly speaking, it’s not a hobby. The intention is not to just have fun. The intention is profit, eventually.

How do we bridge that gap? How do we launch the thing if we aren’t sure whether it is going to work?

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