11/08/2025
I love this… worth the read imo 😊
I was watching a show the other night where a plane had taken off from Dubai, headed for Heathrow...
Early in the flight, the plane was hijacked.
In a clever move, the pilot veered the plane just one degree off its course – not enough to sound alarms but enough for air traffic control to notice something was off.
That one tiny shift meant the plane would no longer land in London. It would end up in Belgium.
That got me thinking…
One degree.
It doesn’t sound like much. But over time – or distance – one degree can completely change your destination.
Now imagine that in real life.
What happens if the business strategy is just one degree off for ten years?
What about the life plan?
What about the relationship with someone you love?
You see, you don’t just miss the target.
You could end up in a completely different place altogether.
The thing is, it’s really easy to be one degree off and not even notice.
We are all so busy, but this busyness can come at a price.
So many of us can be guilty of living on autopilot – following the same routines, taking the same route to work, making the same choices without thinking where they’re leading us.
But if we aren’t paying close attention, we don’t realise that we might be drifting off course and ultimately end up somewhere we didn’t mean to go.
Take screen time, for example.
Scrolling for “just five minutes” before bed – suddenly it’s midnight and that early night you planned has gone and you’re exhausted, again, the next day.
Checking emails as soon as you wake up – already you are in a bad mood and it’s only 6am.
Spending hours on social media – comparing your life to curated highlight reels without even realising it and wondering why you feel rubbish.
It’s the digital version of being one degree off. And over time? That adds up.
It’s the same with habits.
Skip one workout.
Have a late-night snack.
Hit snooze every morning.
Not a big deal today – it’s just one degree.
But repeat that over weeks, months, years? You’ll look up and wonder how you got so far from where you wanted to be.
But here’s the flip side and it’s good news!
One degree doesn’t just steer us off course. It can steer us back on.
One extra glass of water.
One more page of that book.
One deep breath before reacting.
One compliment instead of a complaint.
Those little, almost invisible changes? They compound.
Over time, they shift the whole course. And just like that plane, you’ll end up somewhere entirely different – somewhere better.
So today, instead of trying to overhaul everything, what’s one degree you can shift?
A little habit tweak.
A new thought.
A small act of intention.
Because one degree might not seem like much today…
But where it takes you in a year? Could be everything.
Hannah x
