Question I can't stop thinking about:

Are you aware of the finite, impermanent nature of your time?

This is an image of a powerful quote in my book:

It offers an important reminder:

The most beautiful things in life are made beautiful by their impermanence.

The vibrant sunset, the smile from an old friend, the high from a hard workout, the perfect silence during a walk, the smell after a summer rainstorm, the laugh of a baby...all of these things are special precisely because they don't last.

You spend most of your life playing a game. Everything you do is in anticipation of some future. When that future comes, you simply reset to think about the next future:

• "I can’t wait until I’m 16 so I can drive."
• "I can’t wait until I’m 18 so I can leave home and go to college."
• "I can’t wait until I’m 25 so I can have my own place."
• "I can’t wait until I’m 35 so I can buy that house."
• "I can’t wait until I’m 45 so I can run that company."

It’s natural, but it’s a dangerous game—one that you will lose, eventually.

Time is your most precious asset and the present is all that’s guaranteed.

Spend it wisely, with those you love, in ways you’ll never regret.

"Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now."

Remember that.

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Quote on accepting your truth:

"What you deny subdues you. What you accept transforms you." — Carl Jung

Your entire life will change the moment you begin to accept the truth about yourself.

Then, and only then, can you start taking action to change it.

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Framework to use your struggle:

The Donkey Mindset

There's a beautiful story about a donkey that falls into a well...

One day, an old donkey falls into a deep well.

The farmer tries to figure out what to do, but decides, given the age of the animal and the danger of the deep open well, that the best course of action is to fill the well and close it off.

He begins to shovel dirt into the well. After several hours of work, the farmer is nearly done filling the well, when suddenly, to his amazement, the old donkey leaps out from the dirt-filled well and trots off into the pasture.

The farmer realizes: Rather than resigning itself to its fate with each shovel of dirt that hit its back, the donkey had shaken the dirt off and stepped up on top of it.

As the farmer had continued to shovel dirt into the well, the clever donkey used the dirt to get closer to its escape.

We can all embrace the Donkey Mindset:

There are going to be many moments when life tries to beat you down. When nothing seems to work. When the world is shoveling dirt on top of you.

You can either resign yourself to your fate, or, you can shake that dirt off and use it to your advantage.

You can use the dirt.

Your greatest struggle can be your greatest asset.

Every single failure you experience, every single punch you take, every single blow you endure—use it.

Something you need to embrace:

This is brilliant.

Most success is built on the back of long, painful periods of extremely disciplined, boring routines. If you need novelty to stay interested and motivated, you won't make it very far.

To shine in the light, you have to embrace the boring work in the dark.

An important thought:

I recently came across this brilliant post from ​Dr. Sara Kuburic​...

You never forget the person who was there for you on your worst days. They weren’t loud. They weren’t offering advice. They weren’t fixing the problems. They were just there. They were just in it. They were just with you.

If you want to find that person, start by being that person to someone else.

In 2025, let's all make an effort to show up during a time of need.

P.S. Dr. Kuburic has ​a great newsletter​.