Do Something Good Today
November 2024 Catdroool Club
Being a person is hard. There are too many things we gotta do just to keep the lights on. Add in being an informed, active participant of society and the list can get overwhelming. So overwhelming that sometimes we end up doing nothing.
There’s a phrase I’ve been saying to myself a lot this year when I find myself in this state of overwhelm: “Something is better than nothing.” Running 3 miles is better than running 0 (even if I wanted to run 4). Making myself mac + cheese is better than not eating (even if I wanted to make myself a salad but don’t have all the ingredients). Donating $5 to something is better than donating $0 (even if I wish I could donate $100).
This month’s print is all about this mentality. I made it while feeling overwhelmed about the pain and suffering in the world– specifically the thousands of Palestinians who are suffering and who have died in Gaza. I feel so powerless. And ultimately, I alone cannot put an end to a genocide. Obviously. But I can do something. Something good. Something good today.
Goodness is subjective and always changing. Today’s good thing is not tomorrow’s. My good thing might not be yours. Sometimes doing something good means taking care of yourself today, so that you have energy to do something good for someone else tomorrow. Don’t forget – sometimes doing something good is doing nothing at all. Rest is good.
Goodness ripples. It ladders up. It stores up currency in our imaginary banks of gratitude. Gratitude gives me strength.
How to get this print:
Join Catdroool Club before 11/15 to get this print. Catdroool Club is a monthly art subscription, where I send you art in the mail.
For those in the US, you can join for $6/month or $60/year (2 months free!).
For those outside of the US, you can join for $8/month, or $80/year.
For the month of November, I am donating $1 of every subscription to Anera.
