discipline

is a word and concept I've always had trouble with, and instinctively resist. Yet everything about this journey with Migritude is showing me how vital it is to have sustained daily practices that support the work - voice exercises, physical workouts, attention to diet, sleep, pre-scheduled time to rehearse, write, take care of the business. I resist 'discipline' because it has associations of authoritarianism, force. But yesterday my kairos therapist, Jan, said "I think you'll find the etymology of the word is quite different."

So I looked it up, and it's roots are actually "learning, teaching, pupil". Which suddenly makes it so much more approachable and embraceable.