Looking back at journals from 2 – 3 years ago and realising that God’s slowness to bring things into fruition was never a punishment, but rather preparation. He always gets us to where we’re supposed to be at the perfect time.

YOU DONT CONTAIN MULTITUDES YOU CONTAIN DUPLICITUDES 🫵😠 YOUR LIFE IS A LIE 🫵😠 YOUR FRIENDS LOVE THE CHARACTER YOU PLAY FOR THEM 🫵😠 YOUR DEPRESSION IS VISIBLE AND EVERYONE IS CONCERNED 🫵😠 NO ONE OFFERS TO HELP BECAUSE YOU KEEP SAYING NOTHING’S WRONG 🫵😠 YOU ARE NOT DOOMED 🫵😠 YOU CAN CHANGE ALL OF THIS 🫵😠 YOU NEED TO BE HONEST WITH THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT HONESTY FROM 🫵😠 STOP LETTING YOUR DISCOMFORTS FESTER 🫵😠 TELL THEM YOU DONT LIKE WHAT THEY DO TO YOU 🫵😠 ASK HIM ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW 🫵😠 TELL HER WHAT YOU LOVE 🫵😠 TELL IT WHAT YOU KNOW 🫵😠 TOMORROW IS FICTION 🫵😠 TODAY IS REAL

Overthinking —> Write

Uninspired —> Read

Scared —> Take one risk

Stuck —> Walk

Tired —> Sleep

Confused —> Ask

Frustrated —> Move

Burned out —> Day off

Impatient —>Review progress

Unmotivated —> Remember your “why”

Nothing to do,
be a good guest,
sitting quietly,
chanting,
waving,
wandering,
getting up from sleep,
waking up,
making offerings,
staying in a monastery,
understanding,
appreciating,
being scholarly.

The biggest competitive advantage is to have time to read slowly, think deeply, learn widely, enough confidence to ignore the noise of society, enough patience to go through with your long-term vision.

There are many smart and talented people who struggle to execute their long-term vision precisely because they can do so many different things: they get distracted by everything, do nothing. People who get things done simply know how to focus, how to commit, how to make a choice.