Long-term value
Most of what matters in five years is invisible today. The work I’m proudest of has always come from playing the long game when it felt slow.
Thoughts
Short notes, half-formed essays, things I want to remember thinking.
Most of what matters in five years is invisible today. The work I’m proudest of has always come from playing the long game when it felt slow.
Not just money. Reading thirty minutes a night, walking after dinner, calling a friend on Sunday — tiny inputs that compound quietly across a decade.
I am still bad at it. The point isn’t to be good — the point is to notice the small gap between what happens and how I respond.
Willpower is a finite resource. Better to design the day so the right thing is the easy thing — defaults, friction, the placement of the phone.
I become the person my surroundings invite me to be. Choose the desk, the room, the people — before trying to choose the behavior.