The connection between sailing and piano
It seems like you're back to the beginning line, but you're ascending in a spiral.
Okay, now I am gonna sheeting in the main, because I can't move up my traveler anymore.
My sailing friend said.
Just like playing a note an octave higher.
I responded.
Reflecting on a moment of a sailing trip.
At this point in life, I am letting go of the need to see results when choosing to do anything. The only compass is if I feel like doing so.
I was schooled to think you must focus on your goal. The mass raves on the notion of accumulating 10,000 hours to master a skill.
They are not right nor wrong. My intuition tells me that notion is only scratching the surface.
My factory setting is I have a broad range of interests, and I am an impulsively super-fast learner.
After learning dozens of skills, most of which haven't accumulated 10,000 hours yet, I found my purpose in learning isn't to reach a certain goal.
The fun part is that one skill might randomly propel another skill learning at a certain point.
Planned linear goal setting doesn't do that. You can't plan such a magical moment at a certain point in time.
My impulsive curiosity would be drained if I had to wait for a certain number of hours before tasting the excitement of that tipping point.
Do I have to be a pro sailing athlete or a piano performer with expert finger skills?
No. I don't set those BS goals anymore when I can already satiate myself in the process of connected learning.
It's a life practice of trusting the universe. Trust the process—no stretch for certainty or an end goal.
Everything is connected. One thing you do will connect to another reality happening, regardless of the time in between.