Small victories

  1. A perfect hollandaise sauce from a first attempt

  2. Finishing a book amidst all the distraction

  3. Taking a nice nap after a go-see of all your current streaming subscriptions and finding nothing worth your while to watch

  4. A clean kitchen for five straight days

  5. 30 squats

  6. A couple of Hail Mary’s before you fall asleep

  7. Getting onto Twitter and ‘walking away’ when coming across a MAGA supporter, a Republican, an anti-vaxxer, an LGBTQ+ agitator, a dumb politician, a misogynist, an anonymous, self-righteous white, male boomer, a whinging farmer, a conservative…

  8. ‘Walking away’ from purchasing another pair of shoes, jeans and hoodie

  9. Being distracted by other people’s shit

  10. Waking up the next day to a world still somewhat intact