One of my sister’s friend gave her paint by numbers as a gift. After work, she would spend 10-15 minutes on it as a form of relaxation. After 3-4 weeks, she had a beautiful painting done and she beamed with pride. She is now working on her third painting, and it’s exciting to see how the image slowly come to life.
And then I thought, this is a good reminder of not undermining the value of putting in small amounts of effort consistently. A day will come when it will all add up and pay off.
Often times, I put off working on a project if I know I only have a few minutes to devote to it. While it is certainly true that bigger efforts can deliver faster results, so will small consistent efforts. Let’s take reading for example, I really want to improve and expand my english vocabulary and conversation skills. And I believe I can accomplish that by reading a lot, especially fiction books. Because fiction will have daily conversations in them and I will be able to pick up the words and expressions of native speakers. It would be amazing if I have time to sit for half a day and just be immersed in reading but I don’t have that luxury yet, especially now that I have so many interests to pursue.
Let me try what my sister is doing. After work, I will spend 10-15 minutes reading. I should have a few books read by the end of the year.
We’ll see. Aja!
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