There is a controversial proposal before our city council, and those in favor argue that “it can always be repealed if it doesn’t work out.” It’s hard enough to stop doing anything, let alone when there are no established or agreed-upon criteria for what “not working out” looks like. Once something is started, momentum and inertia alternate roles, but it keeps going unless there is a built-in stop mechanism.
For me, dot #5000 is that mechanism. I’ve had a decade-and-a-half of “daily” weighing on my mind, and have been looking forward to pushing the 5,000 reset button. It’s time to write when I have something to say, rather than when I’m staring at the screen because I have a deadline to publish something. I’m not stopping dots entirely, but moving to five days/week (no weekends), and maybe not every.single.day. during the week either.
Advice columnist Carolyn Hax has also recently reduced her daily schedule, writing that it’s “not all or nothing.” I like that intermediate compromise that keeps dots alive, and my love of doing them alive, too. I hope you continue to learn from reading them.
Good morning and I enjoy them. They are creative and thought provoking. Thank you beth. Ron Laffitte