The first 90% of the effort is spent on building something. Then maintaining, fixing and evolving it will take the remaining 90%.

My personal journey cemented this view: builders are amateurs. Anyone with certain experience in doing anything relevant would realize that a builder's mindset is a sign of immaturity.

You can make a living by being a good builder, for sure, but that'd be a life where you jump from one thing to the next, mastering the skills that make you good at the game of building; just a game, after all. The reward of meaning is reserved for those who stay.

Good builders grow into gardeners.

This is validated by the fact that the essential aspects of life don't follow a builder's manual. A supportive relationship, our children, our mind, body and spirit, a prosper business...

Life, in essence,
is not built, but gardened 🌱.