Now I’ve found my daily email groove, I have an increasing number of subscribers who’ve been reading these emails for 12 months, 18 months and even 24 months or more.

I seeded my list with family, friends & friends of friends.

And it helped me get into a flow knowing that my writing wasn’t about to be taken to school by a bunch of nameless, faceless internet trolls and that small mistakes (and big ones too!) would likely be forgiven or even ignored altogether.

So the readers who’ve been brainwashed captivated into reading my emails the longest are people I know IRL.

And a phrase I often hear when I’m hanging out with these people is this:

“I’m still enjoying your emails Tom, even though I don’t read them all”

This is a spirit I can get behind.

I’m signed up to a bunch of daily newsletters myself. 

But with one or two exceptions, I don’t flick open my iPhone every time an email hits my inbox to frantically scan that email and then do the same thing 4 minutes later when the next daily email rolls into town.

That would be absurd.

I pick and choose.  I know I’ll miss a juicy insight every now & then, but I’m okay with that.

I’m also okay with the fact that I have unread emails stretching back years buried in my inbox abyss.

But does a messy inbox get in the way of my day-to-day life?

Of course it doesn’t.

The idea that “tidy space = tidy mind” is just another myth spun by the decluttering gurus lining up to sell you their latest minimalist lifestyle kit, storage solution set or mind-space harmony journal.

In case it’s not clear:

Someone can be sat in the middle of a picture-postcard meadow on a beautiful day, sun shining, butterflies flapping in a cool, gentle breeze with the scene so quiet you could hear a pin drop, yet their mind can be doing somersaults thinking about the past or worrying about the future.

The opposite is true too.

Someone else can be stuck at an airport during a flight delay, huge queues, announcements blaring, rowdy travellers spread out across the terminal floor, kids running around screaming, chaos everywhere and that person’s mind could be completely calm & clear.

What’s happening around you doesn’t determine what happens inside you.

Unless, of course, you think it does.

That’s the key.

I know this isn’t a mainstream idea.  I know we almost take it as read that a busy space means a busy mind.

But just because it’s not mainstream doesn't mean this isn’t how it works.

And for the love of Marie Kondo, you don’t need to buy a feng shui home makeover plan to find more mental peace and calm.

All you need to do is see how you’re made.

This is where coaching comes in.

Transformative coaching is a conversation about life, who you are, how you operate and all the cool things you want to do in the world.

To get started:

https://waitinglist.followingfulfilment.com

That’s all for today.

 - Tom