2023-01-20

I spoke to my co-founder on the phone yesterday. I told them about my aspirations. My life purpose — as I see it now. They were excited and found it fascinating. Interestingly, they recommended me to look into the area of medicinal technology. They suggested pursuing a doctoral degree to “get the necessary cred”. This might be a valid point. However, at the moment I am not certain whether research is something I will enjoy doing for a long time. I will very likely pursue a Masters degree, but I am not sure how deep I want to dive — yet. I will have the opportunity to test my affinity to research out soon: My Bachelor’s thesis.

One thing that struck me during the call was that I need to get better at articulating my philosophy and my mission. During the call yesterday, I could name a few pieces of my understanding of life, but I was not able to combine them into a coherent narrative. That means that I need to write out and polish the articles I wrote — and write more.

Let’s clean up my goals tomorrow. There is just one big goal:

Help people overcome their perceived limitations.

This answers the passion question.

The other goals are just markers or steps in between or wastes of time. They hold me back.

In which way to help people overcome their limitations? It could be technology, but it does not have to. The answer to this question explains what I will be doing. It has to be determined by my interest. It is my craft, that which I enjoy and that I want to practice.

A relevant excerpt to this:

You are the reflection of the 5 people you spend time with. Write down the skills you want to improve at. For each skill think about the person you know has mastered this skill. Once you deeply understand which of these you really want to improve on, it will become apparent which person you need to get into your top 5.

But first, let’s define the question a bit more precisely.

To do this, I need to first study what it means to overcome perceived limitations. I need to study people who have achieved this. And most importantly, I need to understand on a personal account how it feels to overcome it.

That means, I have to do it and experience it myself.

My routine needs a block of:

• deliberate practice
• meditation (maybe)
• memorization
• going through notes