Brad Stulberg

And then focus to me is just the absence of distraction.

And again, it's simple, but simple does not mean easy, especially in today's world.

The initial resistance it takes to get started with something, especially when you're novice and you're not too good, and facing that initial resistance and expecting that the first couple weeks or the first month of a commitment to excellence in anything is

is going to feel pretty hard and challenging and at times uncomfortable.

And you are going to make yourself vulnerable to looking stupid or to failing.

Once you get through that initial resistance, then I think that the satisfaction, which is a word I keep using because that's the big reward, the satisfaction of trying really hard, getting intimate with a craft, making progress is so great that it keeps you coming back.

But it's the initial resistance.

It's the, hey, like you said, I work a job

I'm an accountant at a big firm.

I don't really care about being excellent at that.

I think I'm good.

I'm well respected.

I pay the bills.

I pay rent.

But man, I haven't played guitar since I was in high school.

And it's going to be hard to pick it back up.

I'm not going to be as good.

It's like it's all of that that we just have to get over and throw ourselves into a craft.

Otherwise, our leisure time is just going to be filled with scrolling TikTok.

And that doesn't make for a very fulfilling life.