5 Reps: New beginnings, shining suns, and struggling to find peace

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Next, here are a few short thoughts this week.

Money

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“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.”

-John F. Kennedy

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Every season needs an end because every end is a new beginning––an opportunity to start anew with a fresh slate based on who you are becoming, not who you used to be. Like a forest reborn after fire, new growth demands the death of what came before.

Health

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Getting in shape is a psychological process disguised as a physical one.

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A lifetime ago—I call it B.C., before Calvin—Alison and I set off on a 48-day road trip across Canada and the USA. We hiked in 16 National Parks and monuments. Walking in silence for hours surfaces truths hidden in regular life.

I noticed that when I was close to a tree, all I saw was the bark. But if I took the time to walk the path that overlooked the valley where the tree stood, an entire ecosystem emerged. A stream, maybe. Or another path.

We all have this feed. Everything on it is the same size, tricking us into assigning the same importance to an array of opportunities.

It’s taken me half of my life to realize I’ve learned to play the game right, but I wasn’t playing the right game. There is no greater tragedy than spending your whole life trying to get good at a game you weren’t supposed to play. To get good at something that isn’t good for you. To win the approval of people who don’t matter. Sucked into a system of comparison without real value. Too close to the tree, only seeing the bark, never seeing the other path, struggling to find peace because your life is split into too many pieces.

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