Adam, I love how you share with us these very practical and real examples. And this line is stuck in my mind now: "In 2020, I decided I would commit a decade to try to make it as an illustrator." I like how 1) is was a clear decision 2) it is a real commitment that we can see in this newsletter (it js inspiring :) 3) You specify a DECADE. I think many times we want change but when it doesn't come quickly or clearly we drift away. A decade acknowledges how long this could take, and also that it is worth the investment of your time. It gives you a place in year 4 to say, well, I'm just in year 4, let's keep going. I feel like this is a mind-shifting newsletter. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing what resonates. This decade thing was a big part of the whole endeavour because I was confronting failure. Even defining it. And accepting that if I tried for a decade and failed I would be contented. But also knowing if I didn’t try, then I would be as good as dead, at least in spirit. In which case one might as well be dead, so yes that was confronting my mortality. maybe the blessing of life is that we do die in the end, and so are incentivised to live, really live!
As a dog trainer who uses training plans in my work, I super appreciate this approach! This process of becoming is a marathon, not a sprint. Thanks for sharing your decade-long approach!
At the end of my husbands 30’s, he claimed that “he had won the decade” - For a person who feels like life is a race against time, to slow down, I’ve decided to win this decade a give myself space to enjoy the development and time to achieve my goals in a mentally healthy way. Thanks Adam, great post as usual!
I heard it say the poor think in terms of days, the middle class think in terms of months, the rich and the wealthy think in decades and generations. Then I wondered, is that cause or effect?
Adam, I love how you share with us these very practical and real examples. And this line is stuck in my mind now: "In 2020, I decided I would commit a decade to try to make it as an illustrator." I like how 1) is was a clear decision 2) it is a real commitment that we can see in this newsletter (it js inspiring :) 3) You specify a DECADE. I think many times we want change but when it doesn't come quickly or clearly we drift away. A decade acknowledges how long this could take, and also that it is worth the investment of your time. It gives you a place in year 4 to say, well, I'm just in year 4, let's keep going. I feel like this is a mind-shifting newsletter. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing what resonates. This decade thing was a big part of the whole endeavour because I was confronting failure. Even defining it. And accepting that if I tried for a decade and failed I would be contented. But also knowing if I didn’t try, then I would be as good as dead, at least in spirit. In which case one might as well be dead, so yes that was confronting my mortality. maybe the blessing of life is that we do die in the end, and so are incentivised to live, really live!
As a dog trainer who uses training plans in my work, I super appreciate this approach! This process of becoming is a marathon, not a sprint. Thanks for sharing your decade-long approach!
It sure is and one finish line after another!
At the end of my husbands 30’s, he claimed that “he had won the decade” - For a person who feels like life is a race against time, to slow down, I’ve decided to win this decade a give myself space to enjoy the development and time to achieve my goals in a mentally healthy way. Thanks Adam, great post as usual!
I heard it say the poor think in terms of days, the middle class think in terms of months, the rich and the wealthy think in decades and generations. Then I wondered, is that cause or effect?