What I did this week (Week 33)

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What I did this week (Week 33)

3/23/2024

Writing to you from Uruguay.

Ranch Work

One theme has been constant throughout my time in The Preparation. I could try my hand at explaining it, but I’ll let Louis do the talking:

“Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.”

-Louis L’Amour

There are lengths of time, sometimes stretching the course of several months, where you won’t feel excitement from learning something new.

But, if you use that time wisely, if you hold your ground, you are training yourself in the art of patience.

Patience doesn’t mean that you are idly waiting for something good to come your way. No, true patience is, as Louis said, holding your ground and working with what you’ve got, while still looking to prog…