Trusting the process becomes much easier when you regularly run into these little reminders that we’re all kinda going through the same ups and the same downs… “The tough thing is that consistency can feel like it’s not paying off for long stretches of time. You feel aimless, like you’re going nowhere. You’re not improving as fast as you like. I’m an impatient person, so when I encounter this I always think, shouldn’t I be doing something smarter? But it’s like kicking in a door or breaking a piñata: you have kind of just keep going until something breaks.” — @noampomsky
One of my favorite quotes comes from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse:
“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.”
It highlights a story that plays out over and over again in our lives:
You’re doing the work. You’re showing up. You’re taking ac... See more
The Hidden Sign of Growth: Your Spiral Path
Pretty soon we’re in the messy middle, doubting if we have the strength to make it to the other side—or maybe why we started in the first place.
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Then we begin to feel like we’re making progress, like we’re getting somewhere.