Explore. Dream. Discover.

ByMatthew

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain

I’m pretty sure I’ve riffed on this before, but it’s such a great quote I’m writing about it again.

Is there anything you want to do, that you dream to do, that remains un-started?

What’s the absolute smallest, tiniest, step you can take, now towards that dream?

Do that.

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