It's all so obvious, but reading this still made me kick myself up the arse

All we have in life is our time. People struggle after success. They hunger for fame, fortune, and power. But in all of these things, the same question exists — what will you do with your time? How do you want to spend your days? As Annie Dillard reminds us, “how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

In life, you will become known for doing what you do. That sounds obvious, but it’s profound. If you want to be known as someone who does a particular thing, then you must start doing that thing immediately. Don’t wait. There is no other way. It probably won’t make you money at first, but do it anyway. Work nights. Work weekends. Sleep less. Whatever you have to do. If you’re lucky enough to know what brings you bliss, then do that thing at once. If you do it well, and for long enough, the world will find ways to repay you.

Written by Jonathan Harris

Found via @tobybarnes

By hook or by crook, the things I am going to do this year include putting on an event, working on my photography project, making an EP with my brother Simon for the first time since this in 1998 and thinking + research + design of interventions to make new (future) ways of working.