Are you paying attention to these?

You don’t need to predict the specific details of events you’ll experience today in order to be prepared for them. Look for the patterns. For example, today you will experience . . .

• Hard choices that are good for you and easy choices that are bad for you.
• A routine you expected and an inconvenience you didn’t.
• Opportunities to tell the truth and to listen to it.
• Messages to give your attention and to ignore.
• Multiple chances to keep commitments and to make a changes.
• An attractive distraction and an ugly priority.

You can anticipate daily events even when you can’t predict them. Recognize the patterns and get better at preparing your responses.

Discipline is the shortcut. Do the work.