It's simple, but it ain't easy (or, 4 AM)
It feels great, you know? Having a goal, and envisioning what it would be like to have it in your hands. Now hold on, I am not talking about some daydream here, no, I am talking about really picturing this goal as completed in your mind so that for all you know, it is real. Envisioning it so much, and so hard, and with such confidence, that when you think about it, it is almost as if you are looking back on it, as if it were a foregone conclusion. Like one of those "remember when" stories that you can share with friends and family, reminiscing about those great moments in your life from years past. I think of that quote from Michelangelo and I get giddy with excitement. “In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.” I look at my body, and my li...