#553 Following rules is silly – and so is breaking them

People can think you’re not good at writing, and you can still write – and love it.

You can think you’re not good at writing, and you can still write – and love it.

You can think you’ll never be good at writing, and you can still write – and love it.

Because whether you’re good at something or not is nowhere nearly as relevant as how fulfilled it makes you feel.

Question: Do you know how old I’ll be by the time I learn to play the piano?

Answer: The same age you will be if you don’t.

Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way

Some skills take years of practice before I’m any good at them. But I’m living those years anyway. And while society and systemic pressure might push me down a certain path, I still have a say in how I spend every day.

Whether I publish a blog post today or not, I’ll go to bed tonight and the sun will still come up tomorrow.

Whether I write every day in the coming 10 years or not, in 10 years I’ll still turn 40.

The only difference: will I feel that my actions were aligned with who I want to be? Or will I feel regret instead?

Some aspirations are worth the time you’re living anyway.