“Don’t take yourself so seriously. You’re just a monkey with a plan.” — Naval Ravikant
Sometimes a few words are enough to shift the way we see the day.
This one cracked me open and stitched me back together in under 10 seconds. It’s a gentle reminder that all the calendars, bullet journals, career ladders, and well-timed grocery lists don’t change the fact that we’re primates with Wi-Fi. Ambitious, clever, hopeful—and often hilariously unaware of how little control we actually have.
So today, I’m trying not to grip so tightly. The plan is there, sure. But if the universe decides to have a little fun with it, I’ll try to laugh along instead of panicking.
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