Jonathan

Very few of the methods you try will be the ones that carry you to mastery. The only way to find them is to aggressively experiment.

Difficult doesn't mean painful. Adjust the method and perspective. Sadism doesn't impress others, it only brings halting self-pity.

Everything is a game. How good are you at playing it?

"Cowards die many times before their deaths, / The valiant never taste of death but once." -Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (II, ii, 32-37)

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To fail is to live

Weaknesses are not a curse, just areas to improve upon.

There are always at least 100 reasons not to exercise, and none of them are good.

Mystify nothing.

Everything is easy. Nothing is easy. Everything is difficult. Nothing is difficult.

Nothing is free, everything is a trade.

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." -Robert Louis Stevenson

"Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that." Haruki Murakami / Norwegian Wood amazon.com/Norwegian-Wood-Ha…

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few." / Shoshin (初心) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshi…

"Sic transit gloria mundi" / Thus passes the glory of the world en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_tr…

@jamie3160 maybe even 100% of the time

Go for it. It will be wrong, it will be messy, there will be a more efficient way to do it - so what?

A project never started always remains at 0% / A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. #confucius

Slow days, dead ends, and setbacks are normal. Press the reset button and continue the forward journey.