Planning

My timer goes off. A sharp beep yanks me out of the fog, drops me at a fork in the road: keep diving deeper, or surface now and breathe.

Funny thing about pointing: it looks silly, but it works. A flick of the hand or a chin tilt can cut through the fog faster than a paragraph ever could.

Games teach you how to take on challenges stacked against you. Work and life are no different. The only question: given the board, how will you play?

Ideas don’t just appear. You train for them. Scribbles, scraps, silent reps. Practice when nobody’s watching so you’re ready when it counts.

A problem is like a maze: no clarity, just walls and dead ends. The only way forward—scout, leap, map, move. And trust that together, you’ll find the way out.

Decisions aren’t clean. They’re messy. A conversation between your head, heart, gut, and hands. They collide, they argue. And when the moment comes, it’s always the same: a leap of faith.

Every setup carries its own lineage. Small tweaks, odd influences, old obsessions—all stacking until one small change shifts everything.

Clarity often comes sideways. Tilt your view, reframe the problem, squint at the shape—sometimes that’s all it takes to make the work speak back.

Pay attention to how you work, not just what you work on — you might uncover a better workflow hiding in plain sight.

Sometimes the best way to solve a problem isn’t to ask how to fix it — but how to make it worse. Flip the question. Then do the opposite.

Time flies. Thankfully, I’ve kept track — moments chosen with care, decisions deliberate, marking where I’ve been and what comes next.

Before you build the plan—count the days. Real days. The ones you can actually work with. It’s simpler than it sounds. And more sobering than you’d expect.

Archiving is how I close chapters. Not just to organize the work—but to honor it. To say: this mattered. This happened. We did it.

Being early isn’t just about peace of mind. It’s a chance to help someone else—without pressure, without judgement. Just presence.

When the work clicks, it’s not just because it’s smart. It’s because it feels right. That’s what everyone remembers. That’s what makes it good.