More. Much, much more.

Art: “Iowa farmers” by American Imperium

Wizards do not do it just to get it done.

Maybe you don’t want to be a wizard? That’s too bad, Harry. It’s in your blood. You are a member of the body of Christ, correct? Yes? Then it’s very settled: you are chosen to get wizened. Buckle in.

Wizening Tip of the Day: whether it is reading the Proverbs, praying the Psalms, wrestling on a mat, folding the laundry, building a wall, climbing a mountain or any and every other endeavor in this wide and long life, if it is worth doing at all, it ought to be about much more than just getting it over with. That is why “Getting Things Done,“ and “Get’r Done,” and every other productivity cult rests their progressive, consumptive Gnostic covenants on sophistry.

Productivity is about dollars. Dollars are about quantity. The wizened see clearly that quantity is at times not a boon but a curse, especially if there is no standard of quality.

Soooo… the next time you find yourself in the habit of just trying to scratch another thing off your endless piles of lists, press pause on that robotic life a moment, and ask if that thing you're willing up the power to get done is really worth doing. Then, no matter the answer, act like it’s your birthday. Go do whatever you do, and enjoy the heck out of it, as one working for the King who sees all things, even that which is done in secret.

Till angel cry and trumpet sound,
The Mad Christian