I am back at it. I write again.
From 2013 to 2015, I wrote over 700 posts on entrepreneurship and business. Then I hit massive life altering shifts: divorce, departing from Mormonism, having a 6th child, massive knee surgery, 28-days of coronavirus.
I have spent the last 5 years restructuring my entire framework for life in these major areas: God & religion, marriage & parenting, health, career. I am blessed and abundantly grateful for my life journey.
While I have been in life development mode, I have not had a writer’s flow as clearly as I have had in the past. I’ve been figuring things out and naturally unsure of many things. I had never been divorced before. I had never drank alcohol or been social outside my religious sphere before. At 35, I was highly peculiar. I am 40 now.
I’ve enjoyed a hearty exploration of the real world. Somewhat of a 5-year college experience 15 years late.
Scientifically, I left a religious sphere of protective rules and learned how to not suffocate my limbic system but to live more healthily with my own brain. Through error, mistake, sin, whoopsie daisies, whatever you want to call them. Pain leads to growth, if intent is good.
Each iteration brought a more refined framework and has continuously led to a more enriched life. The mistakes hurt, but I am grateful for them.
My friend Jon Birdsong posted about Compounding Decisions recently. He talks about both the effect of compounding minor decisions as well as the out of left field decisions.
Of compounding minor decisions, he writes, “These micro decisions lead to micro-transformations which compound over the course of our life and when it’s all said and done, we are who we are.”
Of out of left field decisions, he writes, “What I find even more fascinating are the key moments and decisions that are life altering. Ones that are made out of left field and some way, somehow, through the power of the universe or good fortune or luck, a life altering shift happens.”
I’ve experienced both sorts of decision making, in startups and in life. I am transforming this blog to include three new categories: Family, Health, Religion.
I have been writing essays on Facebook since June. Facebook is not a great platform for essays. I like this blog better for writing.
I have 6 posts from Facebook that I am going to migrate to this blog soon: 4 about my horrible 28-day coronavirus experience, 1 about my return to church after 5 years away, and 1 about AI.
I look forward to your thoughts as I write and we engage in interesting words.
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