on locking in

2025-03-24

my end to 2024 was with travel - hopping around europe for most of november and spending the new year in south west WA. this was an opportunity to feel more in-control than i do for most of my day to day life and reflect on my short term goals. most people have projects, passions and hobbies they've been meaning to get into, but haven't yet. personally, this is one of my biggest stresses in life. i'm not burdened with the fear of "wasting my twenties" - rather, one of my biggest aspirations for late life is to have something to show for it.

there are plenty of people i've met who seem predisposed to "locking in" - each time you see them they've caught the headwind of three new skills and sailed the course of some marvellous new project. to know these people is a privilege - they inspire and motivate me to investigate and learn about new things. but to put people in a special advanced bucket for what i count as their accomplishments - is reductive. in contrast to the locking-in personality type, i feel more built to hang out.

being put on this earth to hang out is pretty awesome too <3