A lot of older people say they regret the chances they didn’t take more than the ones that went wrong. Worth thinking about now.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Attempts that fail leave a story and a lesson, while the ones never made leave a question that never closes. The open question turns out to be the heavier thing to carry. Risk looks expensive in advance, and sitting still turns out to be expensive in a way you only notice much later.
Take the small version of the chance you have been avoiding, this month, while the stakes are low. Asking, applying or trying out costs you an afternoon.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which chance are you most likely to regret skipping?
MORE IN TIME, MORTALITY & LEGACY
- Your grandparents lived through things you’ll read about in textbooks. They’re primary sources with snacks.
- A thousand messages don’t add up to one afternoon together. Make time for the face-to-face kind.
- Your piano teacher spent a few hundred hours of their life on you. The music you play at forty is partly theirs.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.