In sports, when you challenge a player, you aren’t committing to them, you’re staying with them, you’re in front of them, you’re protecting your side and doing nothing else. You’re an obstacle, something they need to work through, someone they need to break through to get to their goal. Outside of sports, challenging is the same thing, you’re always pushing, always trying new things, always poking, always working, always breaking in. If you’re not, you’re…
Got asked this topic a few months ago – “What’s your Topic?” I stared at a blank space for a bit and thought about this very direct question – what is it and what did I want it to be? Was I happy with what it was? Was that going to be ambitious enough? I wrote down some ideas and posted them – now I wonder if they are still the same. But it’s a…
I have notebooks, probably too many of them, but I have lots. And I have a laptop. I write as much as I can, wherever I can. Sometimes it’s garbage (actually a good part of the time). Sometimes it’s great (I have my moments). But it’s always a great feeling when I do. It’s a cathartic release and worth every sometimes painful keystroke.
Jumping into a new community is never easy – you don’t know anyone, but you might have a connective interest between you that can be the establishing point for something new. But you have to go through that awkward phase of figuring things out. And that’s never fun because the first thought that runs through your mind – “Here we go again, starting all over again.” – figuring things out for the first time -…
Nothing else, it… just… gets… amazing. As long as you stick with it. If you don’t stick with it, it will never get there, but if you, if you can stick with it, you’ll be amazed at where it can go and how you can get there. But you have to stick with it.