Black belt.

Published: Thu, 01/30/20

You know how sometimes you hear one sentence and it's just so simple, so true, so right, that it sends chills through your whole body?

For example...

My friend has been studying martial arts. Her sensei always tells her:

"A black belt is just a white belt who never gave up."

Yesssssss.

Just imagine yourself, your body of work, and your life. Five, ten, twenty years down the road. What if you didn't give up?

. . .

Also! This is a very gentle reminder to enter the checklist contest. Today is the last day. Make a checklist. Any kind of checklist. Any topic you want. Long. Short. Typed. Handwritten. Whatevs. Do it by midnight tonight. 10 people win awesome books. 1 person wins a trip to Hawaii. Full instructions here: bit.ly/checklist-contest

I'm wishing you a beautiful, patient, persistent, one-step-at-a-time kinda day.

Let's all become blackbelts eventually, yeah?

-Alex

PS. If you love folk and bluegrass music, you'll love this new playlist I made. Which includes a bluegrass-inspired cover version of the Game of Thrones theme song. For instance.

PPS. It might be harder than you think. Or it might be easier. You might surprise yourself.