I love this. Enjoying the process rather than the outcome is so refreshing and think it relieves a lot of pressure we put on ourselves to "succeed" in everything.
Curiosity is my experiement too and also wrote a piece about it!
I was inspired by this book 'Tiny experiement' by Anne Laure Le-Canff where I first learned about the experiement approach. It already changed me from just thinking to doing -- hoping to continue experiementing this year. Cheers 🌟
Hii Seona! Yes, I love the book tiny experiments. It is a great read!! Switching the key in our minds from endless planning and “feeling ready” to actually just doing stuff is life changing!!
Saving this, and really appreciate you sharing this!! Will be checking out that podcast episode as well, happy new year here’s to experimenting and exploring!
Wow. This really landed for me. Especially the distinction between achievement goals and learning goals as a way of staying in relationship with the process rather than outsourcing meaning to outcomes.
What you describe mirrors something I’ve been circling lately: the quiet exhaustion that comes from measuring ourselves against imagined futures instead of tracking what’s actually changing inside us. Numbers, milestones, resolutions. They’re clean, but they flatten the lived texture of becoming. (Sorry for the length of my response.)
I also appreciate how honest you are about the messiness, the projects that didn’t “work,” the rebranding, the experiments that led somewhere unexpected. That feels truer to how lives actually unfold, with less revelation and more composting.
I’m doing something similar right now, using writing not to prove anything, but to see what emerges when I stay curious and consistent without guarantees. This reframing feels like permission to keep going without needing to arrive.
Thanks for articulating this so clearly. It’s grounding to read something that values learning over performance, and process over posing.
I love the idea of curiosity becoming a project..
It feels like permission to grow without needing to prove anything first..
There's nothing to be proved to anyone. This is where most of us get stuck!
I love David Epstein! Looking forward to the new book he has coming out this year.
Yes, he is great! I didn't know there is a new book coming out. I'll make sure to check it out! Thanks Grace!!
I love this. Enjoying the process rather than the outcome is so refreshing and think it relieves a lot of pressure we put on ourselves to "succeed" in everything.
100%. As a recovered perfectionist, I can tell pressure is the recipe for never get anything done :) So, I don't recommend it. hehe
Curiosity is my experiement too and also wrote a piece about it!
I was inspired by this book 'Tiny experiement' by Anne Laure Le-Canff where I first learned about the experiement approach. It already changed me from just thinking to doing -- hoping to continue experiementing this year. Cheers 🌟
Hii Seona! Yes, I love the book tiny experiments. It is a great read!! Switching the key in our minds from endless planning and “feeling ready” to actually just doing stuff is life changing!!
Saving this, and really appreciate you sharing this!! Will be checking out that podcast episode as well, happy new year here’s to experimenting and exploring!
Happy new year!! That podcast episode is sooo worth it :)
I love this, thank you for sharing !!
Thank you for letting me know ✨
Love to see things in this perspective <3
That REALLY resonated with me .. lovely, thanks for sharing!
I’m so glad!! Thank you for letting me know Natalia 🥰 Merry christmas!
Wow. This really landed for me. Especially the distinction between achievement goals and learning goals as a way of staying in relationship with the process rather than outsourcing meaning to outcomes.
What you describe mirrors something I’ve been circling lately: the quiet exhaustion that comes from measuring ourselves against imagined futures instead of tracking what’s actually changing inside us. Numbers, milestones, resolutions. They’re clean, but they flatten the lived texture of becoming. (Sorry for the length of my response.)
I also appreciate how honest you are about the messiness, the projects that didn’t “work,” the rebranding, the experiments that led somewhere unexpected. That feels truer to how lives actually unfold, with less revelation and more composting.
I’m doing something similar right now, using writing not to prove anything, but to see what emerges when I stay curious and consistent without guarantees. This reframing feels like permission to keep going without needing to arrive.
Thanks for articulating this so clearly. It’s grounding to read something that values learning over performance, and process over posing.
Thank you so much!!
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Love this, I’m so excited to listen to that David Epstein podcast, have it queued up for the weekend 😍
Let me know what you think! I’m curious to hear your perspective :)
I will!! 🙏