Most of the time I’m not aware of my age.
Why?
Because it’s irrelevant.
Why don’t I set New Year’s resolutions?
Because any one day is irrelevant.
Unless you need a reset, then by all means use it.
But find your driver, find what makes you hungry, find the thing that was missing that meant you needed the reset.
Or you’ll be back here in a year’s time…
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.