1 Goal, 2 Milestones, 3 Tasks To Do Today by Derek MacDonald
A traumatic brain injury changed how I prioritize my to-do list.
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At 25, I had a decision to make. I’d followed my passion pretty damn far — from learning to snowboard in the dimly-lit driveway of a Boston suburb to getting paid to stand on one in Jackson, Wyoming's Grand Tetons.
But, after more than a decade of funding that passion, a traumatic brain injury changed what I saw when I looked in the mirror. My outdoor life had a ceiling (we love the irony). Hard truth: the only way I can get back to the mountains, is by reaching financial freedom.
I needed a new plan: leave, grow, build, come back in 10 years. And I’m obsessed. Because I figured out how to do it ahead of schedule.
onward.
-dmac