On the joy of chores and errands

There is a simple and fundamental joy in completing chores and running errands. It is easy to dismiss these routine needs as tedious and to prioritize other commitments before them.

That is the position I found myself in the last two weeks. I’ve needed to clean and go grocery shopping since the weekend before last. But I have had a lot of other priorities so I kept pushing it off. Finally, today, I buckled down and just focused on crossing them off my list. I was inspired somewhat by my bare cupboards and Leah’s impending visit this weekend.

Gap and Cult – Advice to do more

Last fall, while I was still on Google+, Wil Wheaton shared a couple pieces of advice that he had come across. I re-read these short declarations over and again for the next couple days. Finally, I printed them both out and hung them on my wall.

I am posting this because I am adding these two ideas to my quote page tonight and I want to call attention to them. I have been aspiring to these tenets since I read them. It’s an ongoing effort.

The first piece of advice is from Ira Glass, of This American Life. While talking about storytelling, Glass defined the central difficulty of producing creative works.

words from Ira Glass, click for source