Week 28 of 2024 has arrived. Just over halfway through 2024.  Smack dab in the middle of the summer and the 4th turning. The world turns and moves on. I wonder if my 18-year-old self would recognize me at 47. I'm not sure he would. Time to walk over to your 4K Weeks poster and fill in another square. Done? In our house, Ryann (my wife) and I are in the middle of the struggle with the speed of the childhood clock. It's easy to see the loss.  They aren't the chubby little minions who say things like "my toe-thumb hurts" or reach out spontaneously to hold my hand. We weren't quite prepared to be relegated to spectator so "early" in the timeline....

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Your will is a muscle... it needs to be exercised to get stronger.

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I think of The Great Sadness as the hole that none of us can fill.  No matter how hard you try... you just can't fill it. It's something you just have to hold, awkwardly...

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Your life is a project. It is a complex, multi-dimensional initiative that would require a department of 100 people to successfully bring to market. But... you are just one person, not a department of 100... 

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Spend time with your family and friends. The to-do list will still be there when you return.

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If you want to get good at something, you are going to need to first be ok being bad at it. If you can do that, then the next thing to do is figure out how you can put yourself in situation where you can safely make a whole bunch of mistakes in a short time. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

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Having a failure is fine, maybe even essential. I think we are all who we are because of how we handled adversity more than how we handle success. You don't have to own anything outside of your control. All you can control is how you take the next step through the world. 

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I have been pulling the Massive Action Society together, and it is a lot of moving pieces. A lot of systems need to be "just so" so that everything happens the way it is supposed to.  I am trying to channel my inner Oliver Burkeman. He mentioned this strategy on The Drive podcast last week.  Instead of being focused on the outcome, anticipating and hoping and angling... try to be curious.  "I wonder what will happen."

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