Fall in love with the search

On the importance of consistently showing up.

Posted on August 10, 2017

Last updated on January 20, 2021

Creativity is a lot like gold panning: most days you come home empty handed.

That’s why you have to love the panning, not the gold.

Unless you learn to fall in love with the search, you won’t show up enough times to get “lucky”.

I send an email several times a year with a handful of the most interesting things I’ve written or uncovered at home, abroad, and on the web.