If you find people, places, institutions work or just generally a flow that you jive with, stick to it. Work, learning, exercise, friends… it all comes down to

If you find people, places, institutions work or just generally a flow that you jive with, stick to it. Work, learning, exercise, friends… it all comes down to appreciating the good things you’ve got. Really deeply appreciating. As you get older you’ll realize how rare it is. I transferred schools, but I was in a good flow at the first one so I should have stayed. (The reasons I left now seem tiny in comparison to finding good people and a good learning flow). I have a trail run that I love. Exercise is easy when I do that run because I love it. One thing I wouldn’t change is sticking with good people. I’d try to be a better friend and lover though. I realized recently that maintaining good connections is not just about your behavior. If someone’s behavior is about to cross a line and alienate you, you have a duty to yourself to check them before it destroys your relationship. I have lost people due to their behavior that I should never have allowed to get to the point where I had to walk away. This is especially true of family, because walking away doesn’t delete the relationship. You’ll have to continue dealing with it. There are probably five important relationships I could have saved by setting firm boundaries and just putting my foot down.