Disregard the ‘what do you do’, the verbs that give motion to your life, the actions you make when no one’s watching. Focus on the how, the adverbs, the way in which you embrace or abandon. That’s the thing.
Sweeping never looked so good as when it was done with a flourish, enthusiastically, emphatically, depressingly, carefully, sadly. It’s not just sweeping. It has a way about it. Injected with feeling and expression. The same can be said about anything you do. Whether intentional or not.
The way you do it says more about you and the place you find yourself in that moment, than anything else. Yes, actions do speak louder than words, but the way those actions manifest, turns up the volume. The place from which they come finds its outlet in style.
This is what makes us interesting. The complicated, nuanced, overt, accentuated, underlined, subtle way we act and behave is the fabric and colour of life.
Not just the what, but the how.
You might teach, garden, manage, clean, paint, upholster, serve, sell, negotiate, wait, write, plan – and that’s fine, but how do you do this? Gently, calmly, aggressively, exhaustingly, lovingly, methodically, carelessly….
That’s what defines. That’s what keeps things interesting.
What’s your how right now?
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