One thing that gives life meaning and structure during this pandemic is to have an ambitious chore to do each day. To begin today’s chore, I got out my saw and surveyed the branch I was to cut down. I brought out a 30-foot ladder and leaned it securely against the tree. I looked up again at the 25-foot -high branch, the hard concrete underneath the branch, and the ladder against the tree that all of a sudden did not seem so secure. They say it is helpful to visualize a task before doing it. I visualized me climbing the latter and successfully cutting down the branch. Then I visualized me falling off the ladder and plummeting 25 feet onto the hard concrete. I thought better of the whole thing and put the saw and the ladder away.
There is nothing like the satisfaction of a job well done.