The Last Resolution Standing challenge has opened my eyes to the power of tiny actions.
My resolution: write for five minutes and publish something every day. Today is Day 16 of following through. Yay me.
It takes five minutes at least to create a simple post like this. Sometimes it can take five minutes to edit and polish a tweet.
So five minutes is not nothing. It’s something. It’s enough to create a small pearl, sufficient in itself. Five minutes enough to create the seed of a larger work (which has also happened—the five minutes can create a jump start and I just keep going).
Never underestimate the effort it takes to shoot for the best you can do—even with a tweet. And never underestimate the power of a small beginning.
Yet to be demonstrated (but I believe it to be true): never underestimate tiny actions repeated over a long timescale. Water dripping on a rock.