We might never see the impact we’ve had from what we do, say, or make. But, helping one person feel one percent better off will spread like a butterfly effect.
Screenshots showed that I had brought something new into market, but I didn’t know whether to feel joy, relief, or exhausted.
A quiet note on creative ambition, distraction, and the daily choice between possible futures.
Of all the things I could be spending my money, time, and attention on, I’m taking trips just to ‘say’ that I’ve done it? To treat a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity as a tick-box exercise? That’d make sense if it were true, but it’s not what I’ve meant.
You’re hearing it again… the voice in the back of your head nudging, prodding, screaming at you to pay attention to truth you’ve pushed down or excused away.Not now. Not yet. Not until…A web of concerns left unnamed and unresolved.
What would you keep doing, even after you’ve “made it”?“Certainly not this!” You’ve said it before, and you’ll say it again every time.You’re one viral post, pay rise, or winning ticket away from your big break. And it’s long overdue.
A walk. A call. An idea worth chasing. And the realisation that the best way to get unstuck is to get moving.
Forget three-act structures — Brandon Sanderson’s “Promise, Progress, Payoff” tip just cracked fiction wide open for me.
Ahh, the start of the New Year—so full of hope, promise, and a million downloads of the trendiest habit-tracking app. Funny, then, that my own logged results for January 1st would first appear as either a slip up or a total, abject failure at goal-setting. But is it?
Jandals, togs, and a chilly bin.Garage Projects, Behemoths, and Liberty.Black sands and Black Caps.Fertile soil to clay.New Zealand welcomes me in today.