One day I may write about these ideas. Maybe they’ll be individual posts that turn into a book, or hopefully something comprehensible. But right now, I need small ideas.

Small ideas are palatable and easy to process. Small ideas are accessible to everyone, and simple to understand. Small ideas can also be a consumable, but even small bites can be rich in flavour if you cook them just right.

Refine the bits that sound good, trim the bits that don’t fit the bill.

Trim your darlings.

Today, I have cleared a path to a decision clearing. Our team has discussed what options we have, and now I need to take a sharp left turn to start hacking away again. Pushing without relent, slicing through ideas, barriers, and the mind.

This is where ‘grit’ is needed. The project can reach a clearing by the end of the day, but only if I put the effort in to reach a clearing right now. I can even see the clearing ahead, but to reaching it I the stamina to keep going. Grit is carrying on; tenacious unrelenting. If I keep going, we’ll be able to rest, assured that someone will pick us up, or maybe they’ll encourage us on our next leg of our journey.

This is grit; the will to carry on. There’s always a clearing ahead.

’Grit and tenacity’ was inspired a Hacker News comment.