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title: Boom and bust
description: I don’t think it’s possible for me to do it any other way.
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# [Boom and bust](https://www.campbellacademy.co.uk/blog/boom-and-bust)

 Written by [Colin Campbell](https://www.campbellacademy.co.uk/blog/author/colin-campbell) | 14/03/22 18:00

I don’t think it’s possible for me to do it any other way.

I crave a linear progression of slight advancement in all aspects of my life towards some end point where I’ve achieved ‘what it was I was supposed to find on my white stone’.

But instead, my graph is jagged with huge peaks and troughs, generally, I think in an upwards direction left to right but never smooth and never steady and gloriously or terribly unpredictable.

I watch other people on a steadier path, less obsessed with aspiration or achievement or change and I envy their stability and balance.

A leopard can’t change its spots but maybe the spots will fade a little bit with time and age.

 

Blog Post Number - 3023

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