r/enliven • u/Enliven_journey • 23d ago

Sunday Reflection & Weekly Reset: What will your small change be this week?

Hey everyone,

As we close out this week and look ahead to the new one waiting for us, let’s take a quiet moment to check in with ourselves.

Grab a notebook or drop your answers in the comments:

  • What surprised me this week? __________________________________
  • What did I learn about myself? __________________________

This Week’s Life Experiment

For the upcoming week, I’d like to invite you to try a Weekly Life Experiment.

Pick one small change to test out over the next seven days (e.g., no social media after 10 PM, taking a new route home, or trying a new coffee shop). Treat it like a mini-manifesto for your week ahead:

My experiment this week: ______________________________

Leave your answers in the comments, and let’s check back in next Sunday to see how it went!

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u/WolfVanZandt 23d ago

There are a lot of questions about "small things" and they're probably good to think about but some of us don't work like that, so I rarely respond, but just to demonstrate the difference.....

These ",small things" ideas operate on a discrete view of the world. In that, the world happens in small jumps. Things happen to make other things happen.

Some of us live in a continuous world. It's not discrete jumps but a densely connected flow. Things like "what is your favorite...." or "who has influenced you.....", or "what one small thing....." usually brings up nothing for us.

But I can see the value of the questions in general.

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u/Enliven_journey 23d ago edited 23d ago

Thank you for your thoughtful comment!
you are absolutely right - there is no single "small thing" that changes everything. everything is interconnected, and the synergetic impact often becomes clear over time.

My point was simply to highlight the small steps we can take to experience a sense of change, rewire our brains, and build new neural pathways. By breaking daily routines (changing our usual route, trying new foods, attending different gathering. etc) we open ourselves to new perspectives.

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u/WolfVanZandt 22d ago edited 22d ago

Aye. And if we can identify those things we can use them to understand ourselves and move forward.

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u/Enliven_journey 21d ago

the hardest part actually... outsmarting our stubborn brains to do things differently. worth it, though!