Some of my most valuable hours looked like wasted time.
Learning skills that weren't paying me. Building things nobody noticed. Exploring ideas with no immediate reward
But not everything you invest in pays you today. Some things prepare you for opportunities you haven't met yet.
Hot take: being good at something is not enough anymore.
You have to be good at it, know how to sell it, know how to communicate it, and somehow convince people you're good at it before they even give you a chance.
At what point did doing the actual work become the easy part?