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No one can tackle a mile of paperwork. No one can grade 1.4 million essays. And no one has to. As an AP reader, I didn\u2019t even need to score 1000 essays. I only needed to score one. And one more. And one more. And one more. Each individual essay was easy, three to five pages long. Our scoring parameters were clear, so I knew what to do to meet the College Board\u2019s expectations. If I didn\u2019t lose my focus and take on more than the work of the present moment, I could continue to make small advancements toward the overall goal.<\/p>\n

All work is the same. We shouldn\u2019t expect epic meaning and purpose from every small task on our to-do lists. There is honor enough in one essay, one well-written email, one kind word. Similarly, we don\u2019t need to be overwhelmed by a lifetime\u2019s worth of goals\u2014or even a whole week of goals. \u201cEach day has enough trouble of its own,\u201d Jesus said\u2014as does each hour and each project and each task. Even Jesus focused on one task at a time, healing or eating or teaching before going to bed each night. Our brains can\u2019t handle every task at once, and my brain doesn\u2019t need to.<\/p>\n

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