The Easy Hard Way.

I used to be so self conscious of my decisions, then one day I wondered wether it was more important to be put together, or to look it; the correct answer is obvious, yet rarely observed, I believe. 

Looking like you’re one whole piece is way easier than engaging in routine patterns that actually end up pulling you together, it’s not only easier, it’s faster, and it delivers the same immediate result as the health way: admiration. And once we land on admiration, good luck finding the strive to resume the journey and keep looking for other lands. 

Yet there appears to be a fatal flaw in such beautifully crafted lie: whereas working hard helps you develop awareness, strength and confidence, superficially conquering somebody’s admiration produces diametrically opposite results, lowering your confidence, until you’re crashed by the pressure of expectations, without having developed the skills to deliver, and on the long run, fatigue cumulates, results never come, frustration grows, then one big question: what am I doing with my life?

I might have good news though, hence the title of this post.

But before I get there I think we should talk about perseverance. 

Perseverance is usually the first step we burn, until eventually the entire structure gives in to the blaze; but that might just be about maturity. Ambition does infuse our bodies with a tremendous amount of excitement, but the road to success appears to be made exclusively of dead ends and without perseverance there’s no more fuel alimenting the big machine, as excitement does burn really fast.

That was a big turning point for me. Taking time and trying everything out. Which was helpful, I will never deny it, but it did take me back to the start, and that was when I realized the only one who was going to decide wether I would succeed or not in anything I do, was me.

And it did relieve me to know, that even if it’s hard, working hard and punctually is actually the easiest way to honor your goals and dreams, for not giving up is, as the greats testify, the not-so-secret to achieve your plans successfully. 

Now, I’m not a successful person, at least not globally, but I have decided that I won’t give up this time. I borrow so much energy from my imagination that I feel like it’s time to give back with some satisfaction. So I’ll keep you posted, about everything that will happen from now on, now that I took the easy hard way.