Don’t rush things you want to last forever
Simply put. It’s a long-distance route. And it’s not a race.
The things you love doing are the ones you must be careful about. Rushing out things you want to last forever will cause you the opposite effect.
That doesn't mean slow living. That means little, but often.
Can you achieve longevity right now?
Most of the time, people say no. That is partly true, but when I opened the box of a gift from longevity, I saw a letter saying, “Congratulations on achieving longevity today; you won the meals, you won the movement and the mental training. This is a fast pace for such a long distance. You don’t need to win everything. Enjoy the journey.”
Does that mean enjoying the setbacks, injuries, lack of motivation, or struggles?
In my case, I go to the mountains very often, but I do not rush on them. I can say I approached outdoor life very scalable, starting from when I was a kid till now. I am at the point in my life where everything I do now is sustainable, but I wish I could do more. And I will, but I need to be scalable again. Or, let’s say I write an average of 2000 words every day. To achieve that, I started with 300 words per day. I will go beyond 2000 but slowly, without any rush, because I want this to last my entire life.
In my worldview, that is important. To not do things very fast and with high intensity. Especially the things that you want to last forever.
The important thing that we need to understand before getting into something that we want to make a lifetime journey is to understand why we are doing it. For example, there are a few reasons why I write, but one of them is that because I want to live my experiences two times. One in reality and one in retrospect. That gives me the possibility to better connect with the particular experience or story which I am writing for.
Understanding why we are doing the things we are doing will increase our awareness, and it will be easier for us to get motivated, inspired, and creative. The second element that I see as very important that we need to develop in order to make things last forever is setting up a higher perspective.
What does it mean?
It’s how you see yourself in your job, your art, or simply your future life. I see myself writing full-time in a small house up in the mountains.
Understanding why you are doing the thing you do is tightly connected to the higher perspective you need to have. Both go hand in hand. For example, we all know why we eat, and we all see ourselves as healthy and capable humans in our later years.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
This phrase is very powerful and relevant for all the people who strive to start. When I started mountaineering, I did not even know about how I needed to look and what I needed to have. All things I had was the will to start and a need to explore. I was not sure what I would explore, but the way appeared as you started walking it.
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