I feel like people don't understand that confrontation is, in fact, an act of grace. I'm putting an issue to you because I care. This is me giving you the benefit of a doubt. It's an opportunity to share your perspective and for us to reach a conclusion.
The older I get, the more I realize that energy management is more important than time management. You can have 10 free hours and accomplish nothing. Or you can have 4 hours of high energy and make enormous progress. Protect your energy, not just your calendar.
“Nature is the endless sky,
the sun of golden light,
a cloud that floats serenely by,
the silver moon of night.
Nature is a sandy dune,
a tall and stately tree,
the waters of a clear lagoon,
the billows on the sea.”
someone once said that we should treat our interests as seasons that can be revisited, but prioritised in the moment of intense fascination, and not as something we must continue to do all the time
Nobody tells you how scary building a career can get when you're in your late 20s.
You have big dreams, people counting on you, parents getting older, and a life you desperately want to give them.
You're trying to figure everything out while hoping you haven't run out of time.
It's a different kind of pressure.
You need to collect evidence that you are extraordinary, and then you will begin to do extraordinary things regularly. Your self doubt is because you do not have enough personal evidence.
This time last year i was fighting for my life. today, i'm fighting for my life. However, there's a significant change in the quality of the fight and the quality of the life i'm fighting for
I think people underestimate how tired you can be from just having too much on your mind! Not even physically tired! Just tired of remembering things, handling things, thinking ahead, fixing stuff, making decisions, being needed, tryna stay afloat etc. That's just a lot for real.