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I am barely an adult; adult is a strong word for me at the moment. I’m 23 years old;
most of my life has been as a kid. There’s still moments where I think I’m still a
kid. And so I’ve spent more of my life having accidental breakthroughs. And I definitely
have learned the lesson of how hard you have to work to create hard work breakthroughs--absolutely.
A lot of what I do is hard work and constant focus and that kind of progress. But I think
I’m poised in a very important place where I’ve started to get so used to hard work
that when the accidental breakthrough arrives I have to constantly remind myself hey, this
is okay; it’s okay that you are not prepared for this. It’s okay that this is brand new
and exciting and you have no idea what to do with this and you’re learning from it.
And I think that I’m trying to train myself to hold onto that the older I get.
One way of reopening yourself to accidental breakthrough is to be around young people
because young people have those accidental breakthroughs much more frequently because
they’re newer to the world. And when you see someone else have that moment, you remember
vicariously what it feels like to have that kind of experience. Even if it’s not a new
experience for you, you know what that looks like--you know what it feels like. It’s
still exciting to watch someone else have their whole paradigm be shifted, and it’s
a reminder to you hey, that kind of perspective change could happen to me at any moment.
NAIS-Sarah Kay
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