Tuesday, May 31, 2022
The ground floor is where the party is. Initializing stages are often more exciting than result stages. When people become an overnight success, or they suddenly come into wealth, they often have a hard time sustaining joy. Why? It’s because they didn’t have the excitement, and the pangs of “birthing” anything, the rewards of cultivating seeds, or the thrill of starting with nothing. Relationships for example have some of the best energy at the onset. Actually it’s in the thrill of the hunt, before a potential encounter, that we often experience being giddy.
When you accomplish your dreams, you’ll look back on the “good old days,” the nostalgia of when things were fresh and simple. One day, you’ll long for your youthful, pioneering spirit. Expecting things to come to pass is probably more exhilarating than seeing them come to pass. If you have big dreams, and large expectations, don’t let what you don’t see discourage you – let that fuel you.
Some entrepreneurs just focus on new startups. When a new startup gets off the ground, they bail. Then they invest in the ground floor again, and do another startup. In other words, they live for the initializing stages of their creativity. It might be time for you to initialize a new thing or to reinvigorate an old thing in your life. Revisit those old plans or make new ones. Take that class you wanted to take. Start that project you thought about. Meet those people who invited you to that event. Do something new for your partner. There’s more partying on the ground floor than there is in the penthouse. They say it’s lonely at the top, anyway. Maybe it’s time to initialize something in your life. Just get started – that’s a huge part of the fun, and it’s what will sustain more joy, once you start moving on up.