Welcome to Shoshin, my journal of lessons from this journey we call "life".

Image: me in cryotherapy

Perspective

" Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid. "

Robert Greene

Story

There are many, many variations of this saying,
Maybe because it's so foundational.
Nike’s motto is to - “ Just do it. ”
The Latins said - “ Fortune favors the bold. ”
Naval puts it bluntly - “ If there's something you want to do later, do it now. There is no "later". ”

I decided to close my highschool chapter with grace,
writing raw letters to phenomenal people who shaped me.
In the process of doing so, I felt it:
The doubts, replying in my mind,
“ Is this too much? ” “ What will they think of me? ”
I did it anyway, and I couldn't have wished for anything better.
It became yet another example of a truth I've lived.

I fail to recall any circumstance, where I regret being bold.
Never regretted putting myself in new environments.
Never regretted approaching the beautiful girl. 
Never regretted learning, even if I looked stupid in the beginning.
I am very grateful that I took the leap in those moments.

Boldness always led to clarity of what I wanted, which proved very, very rewarding.

Become

Boldness is actually something innate.
We were bold, before society taught us to think twice.
Before the fear of judgement, failure, or embarrassment.
Any child learning is a testament.

You want to bold for a reason,
Because it's what we were meant to do,
What we were meant to be.

You don't need to become bold.
You just need to stop pretending you're not.

Remember, its who you become on the journey.