What if you don’t actually know what you love doing?
Maybe you don’t need to figure it out first.
Maybe you need to do your way into discovering it.
This episode was sparked by two people: David Senra, creator of the Founders podcast, and Paul Graham, whose essay How to Do What You Love helped inspire Senra to start his show.
Senra kept making Founders for years before it became a real business. Why?
Because he loved doing it.
That distinction hit me hard.
?? It’s not about loving the idea of being a writer.
?? It’s about loving—or at least being drawn to—the writing.
?? Not wanting to be a creator.
? Creating.
?? Not dreaming about what you might do someday.
? Doing something today.
I know this one personally.
I spent eight years wanting to be a writer without doing much writing. Then, in 2012, I accepted a simple challenge: write every single day for 30 days.
That changed everything.
Not because I discovered the perfect plan.
Because I started doing.
And that leads to the idea I can’t stop thinking about:
Consistency creates the discovery.
You don’t necessarily discover what you love and then do it consistently.
Sometimes you do something consistently long enough to discover:
? Oh. This is me.
? This is what I do.
? This is what I want more of.
So here’s my challenge:
Pick something you think you might love.
Do it for 30 days.
Don’t worry about money. Don’t worry about prestige. Don’t worry about whether you’re any good at it yet.
Do. Discover. Decide.
And, as always…
Keep creating.
— Bradley
[ https://youtu.be/m6yhNGkuBHM ]
Inspired by:
? Paul Graham — How to Do What You Love
?Read Paul Graham’s original essay
?? David Senra — creator of Founders
?Read the Fortune profile that sparked this episode
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