There are moments in life when something clicks because we have learned to tune ourselves to a certain frequency.
For a time, we ride that frequency confidently; we speak about a subject as if we have put in our ten thousand hours and as if we have become able to recognize patterns others do not.
It feels good to recognize this attunement, to know that for a moment or perhaps even a stretch of years we contributed something meaningful to a field, a craft and a community.
I think this tuning is what mastery looks like.
Confidence as an editor.
Our brains are exquisitely powerful instruments, unlike any machine humans have yet built, and every brain is different.
Life becomes an exercise in pattern recognition.
The more patterns we perceive around a problem, the better we are at solving it; the better we get at choosing what to keep, what to discard, what to refine.
To edit well is to expand your influence over your locus of control, shaping your work, your habits, and the small decisions that compound over a lifetime.
But mastery is never total.
Time and change are patient teachers: new people arrive, innovations appear, records fall, and the very domain we once dominated keeps moving forward.
Part of aging well is receiving this change with grace.
When we edit our lives effectively, we not only improve our own performance but also model better behavior for others; those who follow may adopt what worked, push it further, and in turn advance the field.
True elegance lies in the ability to hold both pride and modesty at once.
Pride is for the seasons in which we were tuned in.
for the clarity
for the craft
for the hard-won knowledge
Modesty is for knowing that what we tuned into is itself a larger, vibrating domain.
There is a humility in admitting that many truths we feel we’ve found were always available; we simply learned to hear them clearly for a time.
We don’t have to (nor can we) be LeBron James in every part of our life. Everybody, even those who seem at their pinnacle have corners of themselves they wish were better. The people closest to them see that, too.
Hold on less tightly to the grip of comparison and make room for contentment.
Be pleased with the frequencies you can access even if they are not all-encompassing.
Check in with yourself
Notice which frequencies you can tap into and which patterns you can edit.
What are the habits, choices and projects that most affect your locus of control.
Be comfortable in the skin you have earned.
Be grateful for the times when the world aligned and you could resonate with something larger than yourself.
And do it with love
No need to boast or preach. Just a quiet, generous acceptance that for a while you heard something true, and for that you can be thankful.
🙏🏽 Happy Diwali 🙏🏽
-Vinay
Music: Lotus by Fakear
