Thread by @sugardayfox

While I cool down my family's Summer wanderlust and gear myself up to #buildinpublic.
A bit of introspection into my core values helped me realize a few things.
I'll share with you one of them now.
Ready?
One of my core values is:
𝙃𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢

(7+ tweets in thread YBW)

I'll leave you there thinking.

Let's just state it:
There's nothing sexy (pun intended) in being a branded hedonist.
At least not in the big scheme of career, entrepreneurship et al.
Even if I'm sure that it would make a great stream of memes to remix some great productivity quotes from a hedonistic POV.

I figured this one out.
While busy working on defining my core/personal values.
First, my wife's usual pun came up. (No, I won't repeat it here.)
But then after letting it simmer on the 'back-burner' for a few days.
It all came in sharp.

This is a kind of FOMO.
So, essentially, if there's something pleasurable, I'd rather not delay it.
What wasn't evident to me was the cause why I had this value so prominent in my life, even if not in the top 3.

And this morning I got that too.
Probably, my father's early passing - at the premature age of 50.
Propelled me to still - almost 30 years later - try to push things that I can do today that seem not important for the future. Hugging a loved one or such.

Yet, if I wouldn't make it happen now, there may not ever come a time. This rhymes with the stoic memento mori too.
Ok, so there you have it.
Hope this helps you be more forgiving towards yourself.

While hedonism as a value, probably, won't play a central role in any of my products in the pipeline.
Core values will be central.
So, stay tuned. Reply to this or share it with a friend in need.