When you do something for a long enough time...
You begin to see other individuals who are doing similar things.
For me, that is other digital writers.
When I post this article, I will have written and published an article every single day for 1,040 days in a row.
I publish on a few different platforms, and there are individuals whom I have gotten used to seeing regularly.
Some of them have become friends...
Others I have seen as peers.
I am often excited to see how others progress over time.
Whether it is the latest article that a favorite writer of mine has come out with...
Or seeing another individual who has attained a new streak or new award in their writing.
I love to see others succeed.
But there is another thing that also happens over long periods of time...
People disappear.
Sometimes I wonder where one of my favorite writers has gone.
Or I see an incredible writing streak suddenly disappear.
One platform that I am on has a leaderboard for writing streaks...
And I have yet to see all Top 20 spots taken by individuals with 1 Year or Longer at the same time...
Despite there having been more than 20 Individuals with a streak of 1 Year or Longer over time.
Individuals have simply disappeared at one point or another.
It can be disheartening to see people who have achieved amazing things or who have had such spectacular talent...
Vanish.
I often ask the questions...
What were they in the game for?
One thing that I have learned over the years...
Between writing...
Running my business...
And helping others in their businesses and lives...
Is that many people's "Why" is varied...
But most of those are not sustaining.
Were they in it for the money?
Or perhaps they believed that there would be a guarantee of some recognition?
An award or a position?
Maybe they assumed that a large number of people would quickly see their genius and hail them for it?
It could be that they were waiting for someone to fail...
Except they never failed?
Maybe something bad happened in their lives, and now they feel like they are alone?
I may never know what happened to many of these individuals...
But I frequently wonder what happened.
We may never know the reasons why some people do what they do...
However, what we "are" able to do is consider why "we" are doing what we do.
When you think about all of the things that you are doing in life...
Why are you doing them?
Is that "why" going to sustain you in the long term?
If your why is money...
What happens if you go months without earning the money you hoped?
If your why is recognition...
What happens if you never get recognized for the work you are putting in?
Of course, I hope that you become recognized for the incredible things you do in life and the amazing talents that you have...
But there are many individuals who are talented...
And there are only so many spots for recognition...
Or so much money available.
If you are going to pursue something...
And your goal is to pursue it for a long time...
To hit some of the highest levels possible within that pursuit...
You must have a sustaining why.
Something that keeps you going...
In the highs...
And lows...
Perhaps even...
Forever.
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