Turning Pro

We're struggling here in the trenches. That beauty, that wisdom, those thrills and chills, even that mindless escape on a rainy October afternoon — I want it. Put me down for it. The hero wanders. The hero suffers. The hero returns. You are that hero.

Our job, as souls on this mortal journey, is to shift the seat of our identity from the lower realm to the upper, from the ego to the Self.

we enlist the self-strengthening habits of order, regularity, discipline, and a constant striving after excellence.

in order to achieve "flow," magic, "the zone," we start by being common and ordinary and workmanlike.

whose demands will keep us from turning our energies toward their true course.

We now structure our hours not to flee from fear, but to confront it and overcome it. We plan our activities in order to accomplish an aim. And we bring our will to bear so that we stick to this resolution. This changes our days completely.

When we were amateurs, our life was about drama, about denial, and about distraction. Our days were simultaneously full to the bursting point and achingly, heartbreakingly empty.

The difference is that now he will not yield to those temptations.

running away full-time from doing my work.