I recently meditated on Seth Godin’s article about kinds of ‘enough’. There is enough of pretty much everything on our planet, but its not equitably distributed. And many of us don’t need anything else to have enough, but our wants have transmogrified into pretend needs so that we can keep up with the culture.

Suffice to say we have enough. Especially if we rethink the data and reframe our understanding about what enough means for us.

You have enough.

You bought a big block of cheese. You have eaten most of it. There is a little bit left. That is enough cheese for a cracker. It is not enough for a quesadilla. Do not attempt the quesadilla. You have enough.

You are enough.

You showed up. You tried. You sent the email after re-reading it eleven times. You are not a Pulitzer winner. Not even with Copilot. You are not a failure. You are a person who sent an email, and that was exactly what was needed. You are enough.

You have edited enough.

Your report has been revised seven times. Version 1 was rough. Version 4 was good. Version 7 is version 4 but you changed “however” to “that said” and back again. Stop. Save. Send. You have edited enough.

You have taken enough.

Someone has rescheduled your meeting for the fourth time, added three more “quick asks,” and CCed their boss. You have smiled. You have been flexible. You have used the phrase “no worries!” eleven times this week. There are worries. You have taken enough.

And that’s enough of that.