Control the Controllables - by Grant Gregory - Embers
Control the controllables sounds simple, but it takes serious setbacks to learn how to actually live that way. It means channeling energy towards actions instead of emotions.
I spent the end of 2021 doing something I always wanted to try: I swam with sharks. Somehow, I convinced the rest of my family to join me too. If you had to guess, how long do you think it’d take for sharks to show up after chum is thrown into the water? My mother thought it would take 2 minutes, my father said 1 minute, my brothers said 45 seconds and 1.5 minutes, and I said 30 seconds. Turns out we were all wrong — they showed up in under 15 seconds. That’s how good they are at what they do. They immediately smelled the fish, homed in on it. One of the most remarkable takeaways was how…
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