The secret of following through
Oh, hi friends!
Aren’t plans great? My Google Calendar is littered with my best-laid plans. Deadlines for fellowships, competitions, pitch quotas that I give myself to gin up more assignments.
And then I ignore them.
Or I move “pitch NYT editor” from Monday to Tuesday to next Friday…and then six months pass and that editor no longer works there. Whoops.
That’s why reading this one sentence hit me—hard.
Do something and don’t stop until it’s complete, no matter how long it takes.
How laughably simple.
Maybe this won’t work for you.
Maybe you’re good at chiseling marble, chip by chip, day by day.
Or maybe you need to pick up a hammer, sit down, and finish your masterpiece, no matter how long it takes.
The Beginning of a Story You Should Read to the End
From Caity Weaver’s GQ cover story—my love for The Rock knows no bounds.
"When Dwayne Johnson meets you (and I can assure you, he would love to), the first thing he will do is ask you six thousand questions about yourself, and remember the answers forever. If you are a child, good luck getting past Dwayne Johnson without a high five or some simulated roughhousing; if you're in a wheelchair, prepare for a Beowulf-style epic poem about your deeds and bravery, composed extemporaneously, delivered to Johnson's Instagram audience of 85 million people; if you're dead, having shuffled off your mortal coil before you even got the chance to meet Dwayne Johnson, that sucks—rest in peace knowing that Dwayne Johnson genuinely misses you..." Continue reading about his presidential aspirations.
Thank you for reading.
Love, Kara