Excellence is the next five minutes, improvement is the next five minutes, happiness is the next five minutes.
This doesn’t mean you ignore planning.
I encourage you to make huge, ambitious plans. Just remember that the big-beyond-belief things are accomplished when you deconstruct them into the smallest possible pieces and focus on each “moment of impact,” one step at a time.
I’ve had a life full of doubts . . . mostly for no good reason. Broadly speaking, as good as it feels to have a plan, it’s even more freeing to realize that nearly no misstep can destroy you.
This gives you the courage to improvise and experiment.
As @pattonoswalt put it, “My favorite failure is every time I ever ate it onstage as a comedian. Because I woke up the next day and the world hadn’t ended.”
And if it seems like the world has ended, perhaps it’s just the world forcing you to look through a different, better door.
As @humansofny put it, “Sometimes you need to allow life to save you from what you want.”
Keep your eye on the ball, feel what you need to feel, and adapt as you go.
Then the game of life will take care of itself.
Based on everything I’ve seen, a simple recipe can work: focus on what’s in front of you, design great days to create a great life, and try not to make the same mistake twice. That’s it. If you really want extra credit, try not to be a dick, and you’ll be a Voltron-level superstar.
The secret to winning any game lies in not trying too hard.
Feeling as though you are trying too hard indicates that your priorities, technique, focus, or mindfulness is off. Take it as a cue to reset, not to double down. And take comfort in the fact that, whenever in doubt, the answer is probably hidden in plain sight.
What would this look like if it were easy?
In a world where nobody really knows anything, you have the incredible freedom to continually reinvent yourself and forge new paths, no matter how strange.
Embrace your weird self.
There is no one right answer . . . only better questions.
The definition of love is when there is something or someone in your life more important than yourself. It is only when we are part of something bigger, something greater than ourselves that our lives begin to have true meaning.
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Our thoughts and memories are fragmented, scattered between social media, messengers and the cloud. In the midst of all the white noise and information overload - where is the real you?