3 Small shifts that make all the difference

JMW Turner, anticipates Rothko

"3 Small Shifts that Make All the Difference" -  I came across that phrase while re-reading a Field Notes notebook, and it stuck with me.  Underneath the phrase I listed:

• do meditation, but not guided
• conscious effort to follow through/finish
• move from complaint-based life to appreciation based

Something about it attracts my attention still. These are not "goals" or "priorities" or "new habits" (yet they're all of those things).  They're not SMART goals.  

Still, "all the difference" is probably right, especially for the last two.

These remind me of another idea I had recently of having a month one-word intention.  The idea is that monthly there'd be another mantra.  Maybe like a temporary tattoo on my forearm that I could use to remind myself.  I guess I could make it appear on my lock screen.  Here's my rough draft list from April 20, with no real notion of why these phrases during these months.

• Jan - 
• Feb - attention
• March - kindness (clear presence)
• April - patience and determination
• May - gladness
• June - equaninity
• July - care
• Aug - east
• Sept - awake
• Oct - presence
• Nov - let it be
• Dec - 

Recently I've been mouthing the words "one thing at a time" while I feel myself getting flustered.  Maybe that's one, too.