You only get one life and you’re going to burn the days either way, so the real question is: What excites you and interests you? What makes you feel curious and alive, perhaps even joyful? What is so “worth it” that you’re not worried about the tradeoffs, the hard work, the hassle?

Follow your enthusiasm.

Each day you wake up to roughly the same amount of consciousness:

16 hours
960 minutes
57,600 seconds

Does this change your perspective? What are you doing with your sixteen hours?

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
-Beverly Sills

“Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”
-Newt Gingrich

“Your efforts today shape your triumphs tomorrow.”
-Unknown