Month: March 2024

When we remember how things used to be, does it match what happened?

We romanticize and dramatize the memories we have because we remember the feelings of the moment not everything else that was going on.

The feeling is what matters.

The problem of thinking small is that it becomes of a trap in what kind of decisions we options ourselves. When we expand the parameters, all of sudden we see there are way more possibilities than we imagined. It starts of what we set as the parameters. We can either make them small or wide.

There are people around you that will deep down not believe in what it is you set out to do. It isn’t cause they are trying to be mean. (Although there is certainly an element of jealousy.) It’s because they don’t see what you see. That they don’t believe what they believe.

So go prove them wrong. Not all at once. Not with one move. But with time. Little by little. Show the doubters what could be.

If we knew exactly the story someone told themselves about the world, then we could understand their decisions. But because that voice is only for us, we can’t know. Which leads us to fill in the blanks. It’s filled with our imagination, not what is actually happening.

I do a lot of backcountry skiing. After a while, you have to come up with games to keep you interested. For me, the rhythm of skinning up a hill, the crunch of the snow, kicking, sliding, then finally 60 seconds of skiing.

The thing is when you focus on just skiing down, you won’t enjoy the backcountry cause you spend 99% on the up. It’s about process. Not the results. A walking meditation.

Treat people well.

You don’t know what they are going through in the moment.

Life is short.

There should be a long list of ideas that don’t work. That’s how you know you’re on track for something great.

With enough time, money, popularity, reassurance…what can’t be accomplished?

Except, we never have enough of the thing we need to do the hard things in life.

We have to go forward regardless of perfect.

Most of us are comfortable stepping back. But as we get closer, we are reminded of the uncertainty. We also can’t live on that edge forever.

As a child, parents were worried about the noise of MTV and then it was Grand Theft Auto. Now, the noise is louder and more accessible.

The thing is noise is noise. We can tune in and listen or have the will power to shut it off.

The irony is, we yearn for a quieter world. Because that is the one that makes more sense.