Light Touch for Heavy Lifting

Last week I decided to go through the filing cabinet in the garage, mostly an accumulation of 20+ years of bank statements, income tax forms, and business information. Some, but not all, of it needed to be shredded. Because the task seemed tedious and monumental, I decided it didn’t matter when I finished. I would just do a bit when I wanted.

Here’s what astonished me—within a week, it was done. Not only were the files sorted, but also the filing cabinet itself was sold—on Facebook Marketplace. Unbelievably easy.

If I had told myself, “This has to be done within the week,” it would have seemed impossible. I would have resisted, made it hard. As it was, I did heavy lifting with a light touch.

You write it: Have you experienced what seems a contradiction? What was it?