Hold the vision, but trust the process.

An idea that should act as our North Star, right, as we make our way through life,

it proposes believing in a goal.

But at the same time, understanding that its manifestation will be unpredictable, challenging, it may not unfold the way we thought it would.

To me, though, the most important thought it would.

To me though, the most challenging aspect of personal growth, of building the things that matter,

creating realities we dream of, it's the mandatory dance we must do with time.

The patience that's woven into the equation, it's the empty spaces

that we tend to use for manufacturing doubt and disbelief.

When life is given us nothing to react to it's like we create

monsters in our heads and it's really an incredible thing when you think about it

right I look back on the past decade of my life in the hardest parts and some

were excruciating.

They were pain derived from what I knew I hadn't yet accomplished.

It was a feeling like I wasn't moving fast enough.

Like the winners in life had that over there, and all I had was this over here.

A completely nonsensical narrative, but one that certainly felt real. had that over there and all I had was this over here.

Completely nonsensical narrative, but one that certainly felt real.

Discomfort from the delta or the gap between what I wanted and what I had, a feeling that would randomly dip in and out of my conscious mind as I sort of chipped away at my goals day in and day out.

And I started to wonder,

how can I better position myself to grow,

to maintain that ambition,

...