There’s no app out there that does not have an active interest in keeping you in for a while longer, in having you buy for a while longer, in liking your content so you can create for a while longer.
It is a legitimate business practice and it is encouraged by our utter disregard for its negative consequences on our life.
Idols are idols only from afar, because when you keep the distance, you only see the silhouette.
And I wonder what would happen if we would direct the respect we reserve for idols to people that are close and that we see fully instead.
Idols are idols and they always disappoint.
That’s no reason to be disappointed at life as a whole and stop doing what you are here to do.
As we grow up, we get used to listening to others.
Parents, peers, friends, colleagues, bosses, partners, relatives, lurkers, fans, and haters.
All of them with their opinion of how it should be, what we should do, why we should worry, where we should go next.
But as we grow up, we also need to remember that part of that growing up is owning our own opinion. Choosing our path, unapologetically, and living according to our feelings, values, purpose.
We cannot outsource our life.
Two things I noticed when running on the treadmill.
First, the first few minutes are a real pain. Legs are heavy, breathing irregular, body tense. Makes me want to give up right away.
Second, when I focus on the screen with pace, distance, and time, running feels a lot more difficult – mentally and physically – than when I focus on the wall 10 meters ahead of me.
The point being.
Getting started is rarely pleasant. And when you eventually get started, focusing too much on what you see right in front of you will make you lose perspective and vision, therefore decreasing your motivation.
There’s the excitement.
We often get excited. About a project, about a job, about a person. It’s the power of novelty.
There’s the action.
Some excitement is followed by action. We do the work, we show up, we are present.
There’s the habit.
Some actions and behaviours become a habit. We do them consistently, over a period of time, almost unconsciously.
The gap between excitement and habit is broad. And at the same time, what becomes a habit is way past exciting.
But it’s in this gap that you can find the difference between accomplishment and disappointment.
You got to be able to manage it.
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