@zachpogrob
Obsession beats discipline - go all-in on your craft until you either die or get reborn.
Life is 4000 weeks - urgency is the appropriate response
Evidence
Average lifespan is roughly 4000 weeks. Framing life in weeks rather than years makes mortality visceral. Many great achievements happened in compressed timeframes by people who felt urgency. Sitting around fast-forwards through a wasted life.
Implication
Every week of mediocrity is irretrievable. The appropriate emotional response to mortality is urgent action, not philosophical acceptance. Calculate your remaining weeks and let the math inform your decisions.
Counter Belief
Constant urgency leads to burnout and inability to appreciate present moments. Sustainable pace produces better long-term outcomes than desperate sprinting. Quality of weeks matters more than quantity of accomplishment.
Example Application
Person calculating their remaining weeks realizes they have already used 1400 of approximately 4000. The math creates visceral urgency. They quit their comfortable-but-meaningless job that week.