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LM: #309: Finish fun first
Finishing is an unnatural act.
The universe is in constant flux, and to finish, you must for a moment hold matter in place and declare, It is done.
But finishing doesn’t require superhuman discipline. It merely requires experience.
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If you want to be someone who finishes what they start, start by finishing the fun stuff. Pick a project, any project, as long as it’s fun, and finish it. Then do that again, and again.
Maybe it’s a blog post about your favorite subject, a song that’s an inside joke with your friends, or a social media account run by your dog.
An under-appreciated benefit of doing fun projects is you eventually gain the confidence to finish things that aren’t as fun.
If you want to learn to do a pull-up, do a weight-assisted pull-up first. If you want to finish stuff, finish fun first.
Aphorism: “Men [get glory and riches] by various methods; one with caution, another with haste; one by force, another by skill; one by patience, another by its opposite; and each one succeeds in reaching the goal by a different method.” —Niccolò Machiavelli
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Best,
David
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