I Wake up at 6 and head to the Boathouse for morning row with the sunset. Put the boat in, row a good 10k, shower and head to work. Walk into my office and look over the massive amount of emails that are a result of a new project being launched. A project that took meticulous work over four months to complete, yet is still receiving emails criticizing it. After deciding to let the emails sit in my inbox until lunch, I go talk to the partners. As I walk I am reminded of the times I have worked painfully for a goal that was not attained in rowing and how the following months were spent dwelling on 8 minutes of testing. 8 minutes that tested the preceding 4 months of training. 5 hours a day, 6 days a week for 8 minutes. The project took hundreds of hours but will be tested and reviewed in minutes.

The project was seen as a success by the partners and the day continued by having lunch with some friends to celebrate and then viewing the emails that criticized the time spent on the project and how it could have been used better. There were although many emails congratulating the successes of the project and the office day finished by meeting with members of my team to see if they needed anything.

I head home and spend some time for myself, thinking if the time on the project was spent effectively and if all this time at the job is fulfilling my wants in life. All this time here at school and in rowing will hopefully lead me to a future that is close to the one described, one with a simple and flexible schedule that allows me to do what I love to do. Row and work on projects that have a lasting and important impact. The hours spent studying for an Econ test or training for a two-kilometer have already lead to great results and improvements and serve as great testaments that everything hard requires massive amounts of time.