Thoughts about changing, life, and whatever comes to mind.
These days I’m reconsidering the power of prescheduling, even for life. Given the fact that I have less time each day, dedicating a part of the night before to scheduling tasks is very helpful because in the morning I have no excuses: I must do them.
When you write something in a short list it seems more manageable than using the same infinite todo list you won’t ever complete and it’s also a great way to keep the momentum high.
Sometimes the hardest thing is find a balance. It’s not about the money, the status. They don’t matter, what matters is how you live it, how happy you are, how calm you can be.
When you’re a child you always think that you will be different. That you want fall for the same tricks as your parents, that you will choose a different route.
Throughout our lives we strongly think about this, we believe in this.
One point we might miss is that we are presented with the same exact choices as our parents.
Not only that, we are presented with the same exact choices as any person in the upper chain of command, our bosses.
While we grow, both in age and experience, we face some similar experience as the people who came before us. The problems are the same and we are deeply charmed by the old solution, the one we saw as kids or as employee.
They feel easy. All of a sudden we forget all that rage and hate.
There’s a reason why some streets are less beaten. They’re harder to walk, it’s harder to get to the end.
In any crossroad we’re faced with the same old question: Will I do the same?
Or will I choose something different?
It’s hard because choosing something different means leaping towards the unknown. It’s hard because while you know the outcome of one choice, you don’t know anything about the other choice.
That’s why some choices are easy and some are hard. That’s why history repeats itself many many times and only a handful of people can be remembered for doing something different.
They too were confronted with the same old crossroad, the same old choice.
But they deliberately choose the less beaten path.
I was talking with a colleague about my future child. He was scared as hell “I was always dependent on someone, now having someone depending on me is scaring me. I cannot fail, I cannot show weaknesses”
All in all I think he’ll be an amazing father. He has many talents and he’s a very peculiar guy, with unusual interests. I’m sure these interests will keep the child’s mind sparking with joy.
He felt like he was not prepared for this, but who is? We’re all unprepared and yet even the worst ones succeed. Well, maybe succeeding isn’t the right word, but they won’t surrender, they will raise the child no matter what.
It’s the beauty of the human race: We constantly feel an imposter on this planet, yet we continue to amaze in good and bad things
It doesn’t matter if it’s cheap or expensive. If something does help you getting the job done a being consistent on it, then it’s worth its price.
Obviously we shouldn’t be tricked into thinking that by just buying something we will be better. They are, after all, tools, and as all tools we should be their masters. We should learn and refine the craft, admit our limits, improve upon what we have.
At the same time though we should think of what’s keeping us back, if a small investment can pay us in the long run, if it can add joy, pleasure, is it worth it?
I’d say yes.
Come on, give me the chills 