Story time today. First – read through these tweets:
As someone in her early twenties feeling like an absolute failure, this sentiment is actually really depressing.
So to those of you who didn't hit your stride until later in life: what did you do until then?— Stephanie Shivak ? (@Athevra) January 26, 2018
That's completely fair. I guess I just feel… smothered? Overwhelmed? Like there are a lot of little things surrounding me and I can't figure out which ones lead to The Big Things
— Stephanie Shivak ? (@Athevra) January 31, 2018
The more cool little things you do, the more you increase the probability of big awesome things beyond your control happening. You also won't miss out on anything, because there will just be more interesting stuff to learn and do – too much for one life.
— Adam T. Croft (@adamtcroft) January 31, 2018
While the advice I gave Stephanie, from my experience, is entirely true… the unfortunate part of Twitter, and often the internet, is “sage advice” without detail.
In action, what does it look like to “grab something small” and execute, and keep executing. How long will it take until you find success? Those things. The things that, even this blog realistically can’t answer for you personally.
But I can give you a story of what happened to me – because from some perspectives (mine included), I have a pretty wonderful gig right now.
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