Tortoises Live Forever

[rynling]

I think it's important to remember that it's okay to do things slowly, day by day. Even if I just write a paragraph, or only a single sentence, it's enough.

I don't have a lot of short-term stamina, and I certainly wasn't born with talent, but what I have that relatively not that many people do is the organizational ability and the willpower to keep working on a project for as long as it takes until it's done. This is why I have succeeded in places where a lot of people fail, but... it just takes time.

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[selenicdistance]

the organizational ability and the willpower to keep working on a project for as long as it takes until it's done

I'm trying to get better at this. I'm pretty horrible at it now!

[rynling]

Idk, I think you're awesome, but this gets so much easier as you get older!

For me, it was as if a switch was flicked when I turned thirty. I stopped thinking about things in terms of "you have to do this perfectly and right away or not at all" and started thinking of things like, "a year is actually a really short period of time."

[selenicdistance]

"started thinking of things like, "a year is actually a really short period of time."

This is a very good point. I should remember this.