Johanes

Run 89km for fun. Automate boring tasks with Python. Help people understand their taxes. | CPA• NDIS • Forex | Life’s too short for manual spreadsheets 📊➡️🤖

[Johanes @jsavieri]

I have run the Comrades Marathon 5 times. 89km of South African hills, heat, and questioning all my life choices.

Here is what those brutal races taught me about finance, taxes, coding & life:

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1/ Pain is temporary, quitting is permanent:

At km 70, everything screams “stop.” But you keep going.

Same with tax planning. The discomfort of organizing receipts NOW beats the panic at year-end. Automate what you can, endure what you must.

2/ Break it into checkpoints:

89km sounds impossible. But Pietermaritzburg to Durban? One hill at a time.

Big tax bills? Break them into quarterly payments.

Complex code? One function at a time.

Progress = small steps, repeated.

3/ Your pace isn’t their pace:

Some runners fly past at Drummond, then collapse at Polly Shortts.

In finance: get-rich-quick schemes crash. Slow, consistent investing wins.

In code: rushed spaghetti breaks. Clean code scales.

4/ Preparation beats motivation:

You don’t train for Comrades because it’s fun. You do it because race day doesn’t care how you feel.

Same with NDIS plans, tax deadlines, debugging. Systems > feelings.

5/ The finish line moves:

First Comrades? Just finish.

Second? Beat your time.

Fifth? Chase a medal.

Automated one task? Now you see 10 more to streamline.

Growth never stops.

The point?:

Whether you are tackling 89km, managing finances, or writing code - it’s all the same game:

Show up. Do the work. Solve the problem in front of you.

What’s your “Comrades Marathon” - the hard thing you keep showing up for?

[Johanes @jsavieri]

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@AdeliaDineo Who in their right mind can be mad at such a beautiful soul?

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[Johanes @jsavieri]

Habakkuk 2:3
For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
it will certainly come and will not delay.

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Never leave this Earth without Knowing Jesus. Pass it on your timeline!

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I found a beautiful verse in Isaiah 46:4.
I have made you. I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

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@sinovuyo001 True

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