A continuation of my winter tradition from 2022 and 2023.
Big sentences are learnings I don’t want to forget. They are the off-the-cuff thoughts I have when meditating on the big things I learned over the past year.
What I was wrong about
- I was wrong about remote work. In person is the way, at least in the beginning of your career.
- I was wrong about wanting lots of work life balance (right now). To get where I want to get, I need to work really hard.
- I was wrong about living in Columbia (for now). SF feels like home more than any other city I’ve lived in. It’s perfect for me right now.
- I was wrong about startups being great for most students. Startups are actually really fucking hard. They’re emotionally taxing. You gotta have tough skin, have lots of conviction, and be a self starter. Otherwise you’re cooked.
What gave me energy
- Doubling down on my love of dancing. Fully in love with swing (though I’m not that good at it yet).
- Making intro’s. Making friends & helping them is my superpower.
- Stopped giving advice, and tried my best to just ask great questions. Better to help them find their own answer, than try to force your answer.
- Writing my newsletter. Exploring thoughts. It also makes me a luckier person. Wonder where it could go if I wrote it for many years. I guess we’ll see!
- HIIT / Hyrox type workouts. Occasional long runs.
- Stopped devouring life advice type stuff. Internalized the importance of doing things. Doing is the most effective teacher for me right now. Reading how to do things is usually a waste of time.
- Being off the grid at Chippewa was an incredible experience. So human. I’d like to make it a part of my life for the long term. That place is truly, truly special.
- Big nature adventures.
- Growing intuition and pattern matching for sales + growth stuff.
- Normalizing myself to sharing my love to that person right there. Instead of shying away, tell them why I appreciate them. Vulnerability is hard, but so damn rewarding.
- Shaking off the rust of speaking Spanish. Still a long road to go, especially with vocabulary and tenses.
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