10,000 Hours
That's the practice it supposedly takes to become an expert in something. What a late moment in my life to realize this... ten years from now is so much further away than ten years from 15 would have been, or ten years from ten... and that assumes three solid hours of practice a day.
And what do I want to be an expert in anyway? At this point, it would have to be a serious commitment. Pick a lane, Azure, what's it going to be? Do you want to be a writer? A graphic designer? A photographer? A computer programmer? A musician? A chess player? A dog trainer?
What avenue do you want to invest the time and passion in, right now, and for the next ten years? What do you want to be when you grow up? It has to be something I can practice for a whole three hours a day, every day.
And lord knows, I am not one for making and sticking to decisions.
And then I wonder- what may I have already done for ten thousand hours? Written blog entries? That's certainly possible... If personal journal entries count, then it becomes more probable that I have been clocking expertise-level journaling hours for years now. A couple more years, and I could have hit expert-level soccer skills. An expert reader, that's certain. What else? What else have I spent such a significant portion of my life working at? boiling water? I don't know.
What do I want to be really good at when I am 34? When that day comes, I want to be able to name my new expertise with confidence, I want to know without wondering.
My new years resolution is to log expert time.
And what do I want to be an expert in anyway? At this point, it would have to be a serious commitment. Pick a lane, Azure, what's it going to be? Do you want to be a writer? A graphic designer? A photographer? A computer programmer? A musician? A chess player? A dog trainer?
What avenue do you want to invest the time and passion in, right now, and for the next ten years? What do you want to be when you grow up? It has to be something I can practice for a whole three hours a day, every day.
And lord knows, I am not one for making and sticking to decisions.
And then I wonder- what may I have already done for ten thousand hours? Written blog entries? That's certainly possible... If personal journal entries count, then it becomes more probable that I have been clocking expertise-level journaling hours for years now. A couple more years, and I could have hit expert-level soccer skills. An expert reader, that's certain. What else? What else have I spent such a significant portion of my life working at? boiling water? I don't know.
What do I want to be really good at when I am 34? When that day comes, I want to be able to name my new expertise with confidence, I want to know without wondering.
My new years resolution is to log expert time.