Let me tell you about the profound spiritual practice known as “avoiding important work by color-coordinating your book spines.”
You know this ritual. There you are, facing a deadline that actually matters, and suddenly your bookshelf becomes the most fascinating thing in your house. Every volume needs to be dusted, repositioned, maybe even alphabetized. By genre. Then by publication date. Then back to color because, honestly, the visual harmony is calling to you.
Your rational mind is having a fit. “This is procrastination!” it screams. “This is why you’re behind on everything important!”
But here’s the sacred goofiness truth: sometimes your soul needs to touch every spine before it can find its own.
There’s something about the weight of wisdom in your hands, the familiar comfort of stories that have already changed you, that recalibrates your nervous system. Your hands know things your calendar doesn’t. They know when you need to reconnect with the deeper rhythms before you can create anything new.
That “procrastination” might actually be preparation. Your subconscious is sorting through all the influences and inspirations while your hands sort through the books. By the time you’re done, you’re not the same person who sat down to work. You’re someone who remembers what actually matters.
Plus, let’s be real—a beautifully organized bookshelf is its own form of prayer.
What if the “wrong” thing you’re doing is exactly the right thing your soul needs?
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