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Today’s Thought & Question for January 30, 2026: Cold days call for different rules

Published 5 days ago • 1 min read

Question of the Day: What’s something you do to make cold days feel less annoying?

Thought of the Day: “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” — Mark Twain

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Cold days don’t usually inspire big thoughts.

They inspire survival strategies.

How fast can I get warm? How little effort can I spend getting through this? What can I do to make today feel less irritating than it already does?

That’s what today’s Thought of the Day and Question of the Day circle around. Not improvement. Not discipline. Comfort. The honest kind.

There’s a Mark Twain quote in today’s post that sounds simple until you sit with it on a cold day. The idea that cheering someone else up might be the quickest way to lift yourself too. Not in a grand, selfless way. In the small ways that are easy to overlook when you’re bundled up and just trying to get through the day.

The question that follows is even simpler. What do you actually do when the cold gets annoying?

Not what you should do. What you really do.

For me, it involves steam, blankets, warm clothes, and letting myself do absolutely nothing for a while. No lessons hidden inside it. Just relief.

If you want to read the full reflection, it’s here: Thought of the Day and Question of the Day: Cold Days and Small Comforts.

Take it slow today. The cold isn’t asking you to be impressive. It’s just asking you to get through it.

Thanks for reading.

—Ken

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