“A brilliant idea is like a baby in a mother’s womb. You need to bring it out in the world, nurture it, feed it, grow it, till it becomes big enough to take care of itself. If you leave it at the stage of an idea itself, it is as good as non existent.” ― Manoj Arora, From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom

No Vacation for Parents

Accepting the fact that if a new habit is to survive, there is no way around the nuisance of daily practice. Later on, when well established, it can be done less frequently and with more depth. Side note: think of the fun ways of misinterpreting this statement. Anyway, pick your choice of youngling, human, dog or plant; in the beginning it is a full time job making sure it survives. Learning and thriving comes after survival is sure.

So if anyone (hello lazy self) is wrestling with the lack of progress after mere 12 days of practicing, remember this is the survival phase. Growth is dreadfully slow and can be only seen in hindsight, after you put in the hours.

That’s it for day 12. I showed up. I wrote. One more day where I didn’t kill this writing habit.