Originally published March 06, 2014
Seemingly forever ago I wrote about how we’re only human and that we shouldn’t be expected to do everything. I argued that there is this invented, and unhealthy, pressure to produce.
I wake sometime between 4:00 and 4:30 most mornings. Not because I’ve set a morning routine or because successful people are early risers.
That’s the time I need to get out of bed to make it to my office. I take care of my dog, shower and dress, and then get out the door by 5:30.
What will you need in 10, 20, or 40 years from now?
The golden rule states that you should do to others what you want them to do to you.
Today’s writing is for an audience of one. A brief pep talk.
You’ve worked hard over the last decade. You’ve managed to balance creating a career with something you enjoy doing. If only most were so lucky.
Your post makes me think of my grandmother. She would not have been the target audience of your post. But her life stood in almost complete opposition to your viewpoint.
It was 2009, and I was about 9 months into my first real job. For those first months I had an easy job. Each week I would design and slice up marketing emails that would get sent out to our customers.
Who looks back on their past work with any pride? Not the process, which can be nostalgic regardless of the output, but the the actual end work.
What does it mean to love your work? Are you a genius who created something of significance? Are you an amateur because you’re…
Work on the big things.
Work on the small things.
Work on the things that you’re comfortable with.
Work on the things that scare you.
I decided I’m going to do this. Writing that is.
I’ve never been a writer. I’ve decided to give it a go.
There are reasons why it would be helpful to have a writing habit. You can find 100’s of them with a simple search here on Medium. I’ve read them a…
There’s a saying that goes like this:
“If you try and chase two rabbits, you will not…