Day 567 - Strategic naivety - https://golifelog.com/posts/strategic-naivety-1658389774439
Perhaps all these inner struggles I’ve been having about my lack of results comes down to one thing:
Expectations.
I expected to have succeeded by now.
I expected to have hit my goals yesterday.
I expected to have my hard work rewarded last year.
Expect, expect expect.
And when it doesn’t happen according to expectations, I deem myself to have failed.
"You don’t fail. Your expectations deceive you."
– @jdnoc
Yes. I’ve really just been deceived. By myself. Shot myself in the foot.
I guess it’s because I’ve never done anything this long before without reaching my target. Looking back, the hardest things I’ve set out to achieve in my short life so far, I’ve done it within a year or two. Stuff like winning a school marathon, acing my finals where I previously failed, breaking into a new job without any formal training by just learning on the job. In contrast, I’ve been indie hacking since 2018-ish? Almost 5 years since.
This can’t go on. I’m just making myself miserable. Let’s get back to a beginner’s mindset. Where ignorance is bliss. The openness and fearlessness that children have.
"Naive enough to start.
Naive enough to keep going.
Naive enough to ship.
Naive enough to make a difference."
– @jdnoc
Strategic naivety, it is.
Expectations.
I expected to have succeeded by now.
I expected to have hit my goals yesterday.
I expected to have my hard work rewarded last year.
Expect, expect expect.
And when it doesn’t happen according to expectations, I deem myself to have failed.
"You don’t fail. Your expectations deceive you."
– @jdnoc
Yes. I’ve really just been deceived. By myself. Shot myself in the foot.
I guess it’s because I’ve never done anything this long before without reaching my target. Looking back, the hardest things I’ve set out to achieve in my short life so far, I’ve done it within a year or two. Stuff like winning a school marathon, acing my finals where I previously failed, breaking into a new job without any formal training by just learning on the job. In contrast, I’ve been indie hacking since 2018-ish? Almost 5 years since.
This can’t go on. I’m just making myself miserable. Let’s get back to a beginner’s mindset. Where ignorance is bliss. The openness and fearlessness that children have.
"Naive enough to start.
Naive enough to keep going.
Naive enough to ship.
Naive enough to make a difference."
– @jdnoc
Strategic naivety, it is.
