Here’s a fun reframe for dreamers bent on building something intentional:
Aren’t you so glad your thing didn’t succeed wildly before now?
You’ve had the gift of time to refine it so you didn’t build something you come to dislike, to make your mistakes without a huge audience, to stretch to believe in it, and to become the person capable of creating it.
And the right people have also used this time to get in position—and ready for what you’re creating for them.
P.S. Sometimes I fire off quick thoughts as a Note on Substack only to find that some seem to really resonate with other dreamers and builders. And/or I see nuance I missed before, and I want to share an expanded version with you. This one fits both such criteria ;-)
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Bookmarked for later. The title is enticing.
Yes…Chekhov was reputedly a guy who believed in refinement. Shaw panned and canned it, having come from privilege. Slow burner, late bloomer, short form writing is the only thing many people read, nowadays. I have a great book you might’ve read on the go - haven’t touched it since a move to a long term residence in a quiet place…the book and the place called me, it seems. Now, I can read…then, maybe one day…