Retrospective: When things start to take shape

Spent the latter part of the week watching the virtual NFL draft. It's pretty sweet to see the most athletic beings in the world breakdown and cry when they get drafted and see their professional career launch. A common theme I see is how much adversity (social, physical, familial, mental, etc.) they overcame to see their dream come true. It's wasn't a sudden leap, but a methodical, disciplined and relentless grind.

It was week 2 for me and my friend, Jesse, building our project ourbindr.io - an interactive community directory. It's scary to admit, but it's slowly taking shape. I can't see the legs, or arms, or facial features just yet, but we can see it's general shape. When things took steps forward this week, I immediately catch myself being more critical, more distracted by the "features" and more aware of what I have to lose if things don't "work out".

Watching these NFL draftees get picked and celebrate with their family... very few did I see question who drafted them, what round they were drafted in, who their coach is, and who their competition will be. They reflected on the moment and the position they are in because of the habits and steps they took.

As Jesse and I keep moving forward, I'm trying to not get ahead of myself. I'm trying to create habits. I'm trying to solve the obstacles in front of us. And celebrate the milestones. Our blob is taking shape... and it's looking a little less blobby day by day :)

What milestone (small or big) can you celebrate this weekend?

Cheers!