I love the honesty of ugly wins, and yes there is hope for sure... Especially when one learns to appreciate the small!
I remember a teaching that fits your approach nicely... Called the "valley of disappointment", where one often expects progress to be linear... Disappointment occurs when effort and time seem to lead to no results... However, the line is a curve and even though it feels like you make no progress, actually you are! As soon as you get past the valley of disappointment part of the curve, you'll know and experience the results! The book Atomic Habits with 1% improvement every day is also very inspiring... I assume you know this book too?
Yyou nailed it. That “valley of disappointment” is real, and I swear most of my life has been spent trudging through it, wondering if I’m even moving at all. Progress never feels like a straight line—it’s more like dragging yourself through mud and only realizing years later you actually covered some ground. And yes, I know Atomic Habits! That 1% idea is everything, especially for those of us who have to rebuild from damn near scratch. Ugly wins still count. Small steps still count. Sometimes the messiest progress is the most honest kind there is. Thanks for dropping this reminder here—it’s the kind of hope that actually sticks.
Hi Belle,
Thank you for sharing your work.
I love the honesty of ugly wins, and yes there is hope for sure... Especially when one learns to appreciate the small!
I remember a teaching that fits your approach nicely... Called the "valley of disappointment", where one often expects progress to be linear... Disappointment occurs when effort and time seem to lead to no results... However, the line is a curve and even though it feels like you make no progress, actually you are! As soon as you get past the valley of disappointment part of the curve, you'll know and experience the results! The book Atomic Habits with 1% improvement every day is also very inspiring... I assume you know this book too?
Thanks again!
Kind ~ ugly regards,
Mik
Yyou nailed it. That “valley of disappointment” is real, and I swear most of my life has been spent trudging through it, wondering if I’m even moving at all. Progress never feels like a straight line—it’s more like dragging yourself through mud and only realizing years later you actually covered some ground. And yes, I know Atomic Habits! That 1% idea is everything, especially for those of us who have to rebuild from damn near scratch. Ugly wins still count. Small steps still count. Sometimes the messiest progress is the most honest kind there is. Thanks for dropping this reminder here—it’s the kind of hope that actually sticks.
I suddenly get the urge to apply for Mud Masters Obstacle Run :D
Love this