Longer Than Expected
Good things take time. When things go wrong, recovering from them takes time. And usually they take more time than we expect.
For decades now, I have been looking for ways to do things better. Reading self-help books, watching YT videos, and trying different strategies. I am always looking for hacks, always looking to optimize and be efficient as possible. But maybe in doing so, I have lost touch with how real life truly works. I have expectations of achievement that may have the wrong time frames.
Optimization is a means to an end, not the end in and of itself.
There are things that are going wrong with my body. Guess what, that is to be expected. I am 52 going on 53, so its about time I had multiple issues hitting me at the same time. I have to deal with them, and not suffer twice. I have to deal with them and remember that they will take some time to be resolved, much longer than I would anticipate.
I should keep that in mind when I am tackling all of the issues that I have.