Steve Jobs sat through an entire calligraphy class at Reed College after dropping out.
Because he cared about how letters looked.
Yeah, that’s it.
Years later, that obsession with fonts shaped the first Macintosh.
The spacing between characters. The elegance of the typefaces.
All because when you love something, even the tiniest detail, you stop noticing what you’re missing out on.
You… go all in.
This year…
I’ve skipped sunsets for the gym.
Stayed up late building things that may or may not work.
Woken up at 5 am to run 15 kilometers when I could’ve slept in.
Just because that’s what it takes sometimes.
You miss things. Small joys. Moments of comfort.
All just as a part of the process.
Sound familiar?
This isn’t something I realised until very recently.
It doesn’t always feel “worth it” in the moment.
But maybe… that’s the point.
You don’t always notice when it’s happening—
Because when you care that much, you're already where you need to be. It doesn’t always feel “worth it” in the moment
Sometimes it sucks.
Like when you force yourself to lift when your body just wants to be still.
Or you’re halfway through a run thinking, Why am I doing this again?
But then you finish it. You send the thing. You hit the time. You follow through.
That’s when it clicks.
And that’s a feeling I’ll trade for almost anything.
It’s just how it works
This isn’t about hustle.
This is about momentum.
About picking the thing that matters most — and being okay with missing something else for it.
And if you’re building anything — a habit, a project, a body —
You’ll face this question again and again:
What would you miss for this?
Most days, your answer might not even be conscious.
But it’s there — in the choice you make, in what you walk away from, in what you show up for anyway.
I didn’t fully realize this until a few days ago…
I was staring out the window at a beautiful sunset,
and my first thought was: “Alright, time for the gym.”
That’s when it hit me.
This is just who I’ve become.
This is the trade I make, almost every day.
And right now, I’m okay with that.
So if you’re in it —
If you’re choosing the thing, again and again —
Keep going.