The Winding Path

It is easy to want to go from A to Z, from idea to conception, from unknown to superstar. But becoming an ‘overnight success,’ as we know, takes time—sometimes years, and in some cases decades, of work. Showing up day after day, and when you are constantly asking yourself, “What’s the point?” to do what the work requires. And I have learned that bringing any project to life takes you down a winding path. It is never straight or easy, never exactly what you expect.

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