You dey inside am, and inside na di work

You don waka pass where you bin dey before, and e no even feel like anything. Na better thing to talk am from beginning instead of make you dey see am as problem. Di kettle click off. Plenty days dey behind you wey get real work inside, even though none of dem shout say dem dey do work. Dis morning na anoda one of dem days, and you dey here for am.

Jacket dey hang for chair back, e still dey hold di shape of somebody. Light dey floor as long shape. Fridge start to hum, e stop again. Your notes from last week, still fit read, still make sense well well, and dat na quiet kind proof, even though e no look like anything.

Di beginning get im own story and di end go get im own too, and na di middle you dey now, where nothing dey dramatic and nobody dey clap. Na dis part na im plenty people dey stop. Di reason no be say person weak, na how di thing set up be dat. Anytin wey worth to build no dey give you anytin for long time, den e go pay you everytin one time, and dat mean say di exact moment wey quitting go feel like sense na di moment before di return dey come. Your feeling no be say e dey lie to you, na jus say e dey read one graph wey never catch up wit di work.

Check di ruler wey you don dey use. You don dey check for result, everyday, and result na bad daily measure because e dey move for schedule wey you no control. Effort dey move for schedule wey you fully control. If you change di measure, di whole stretch go change character: one day no longer be vote for whether dis thing dey work, na just one day wey you either do di work or you no do am. Na question wey you fit answer true true for four seconds, and na di only question wey don ever predict anything.

So today, you go do di ordinary work and you go write down say you don do am. No assessment. No dey check whether e dey pay off yet, because na dat kind check dey cost you mornings. One mark for one page, den di rest of di day na yours.

Nothing wey concern today go look like progress from inside. E never do dat before, for anybody, and na exactly why plenty people no dey stay. But you dey stay. Na dat na di whole difference, and e go dey available again tomorrow.