Mark Joseph Aduana

Mark Joseph Aduana · Follow 2 min read · -- Photo by Art Lasovsky on Unsplash Ever struggle to make your sentences more specific? I did, constantly. Back then, writing with more specificity was difficult because I didn’t know how to flesh out specific details from general statements. I didn’t have a method. I’d write hundreds of words but didn’t know how to make them feel more alive, concrete, and stimulating. It was frustrating.

Book Notes "You are living as if destined to live forever...you don't notice how much time has already passed, but squander it as though you had a full and overflowing supply - though all the while that very day which you are devoting to somebody or something may be your last." Most of my worries vanish every time I reread this book. It reminds me of the bigger picture of life. It helps me step back and stop being an actor and become a director for a moment.

In a podcast, Naval Ravikant talks about his strategy for reading books, where he said: I no longer care about the number of books I've read. What I care about the most now are ideas I've understood. This line reminds me of a lesson that took me six years to learn. In 2015 I wanted to start a blog. I was an insurance salesman then, and I wanted to write blog posts about personal finance to share with my clients.