Hey nonexistent readers! I’ve been away once again neglecting to write. For a while I was waking up early enough before work to pump and dump 200 words out of my brain and onto the binary machine. Unfortunately, that did not last very long. I have so many notes and mini unfinished thoughts sitting in Evernote, so I’m going to start posting those – It’s better than nothing I suppose.
There was an article that one of my coworkers sent me, “Why Getting Started is More Important Than Succeeding” by James Clear. It reminded me of this website thing and had made a few valid points. My main takeaways were we all start at the bottom and not everyone is willing to eat shit for long periods of time before we even remotely see any signs of success, let alone mastery. Stepping outside of your comfort zone is difficult, yes, but we should not let it stop us from continuously being curious about things.
One of my many fascinations is how my mind and personality change as I age. So it’s fun to look back at notes from the past and dissect what my feelings were or what was happening in that moment. Here’s a quick example below:
At this point in time, I’m 26 and starting to understand why it’s fun to write, or journal, maybe it’s best to call it blogging… whatever is cooler at the time of rereading this. I have kept short notes and snippets from the past few years of my writing and it’s so funny to gain a glimpse of my former self. Writing daily notes about whatever gets it out of my head and into the clouds, literally.
This was back in February of this year. I was still getting ramped up at my new job, Smartsheet. A few months later and I still find it interesting to look back at my notes. I’m 27 now, there was a birthday in-between, and a ton of things have changed. Hopefully one of those changes is that I’ll find a way to be consistent with this.
Take it easy